Chapter 115: My Neighbor is My Granary

Huo Yaoxing gave up the pursuit of power?

impossible!

His lust for power is insatiable.

How could they stop fighting for power and profit just because of this small obstacle?

Even if he has a lump in his brain and really wants to give up.

His mother, Jia, and Wen Ruyue would not allow it either.

Could it be that Wen Ruyue remembered the test questions from her previous life and told Huo Yaoxing so that he could prepare?

Or was it that Huo Yaoxing was also reborn?

Thinking of this possibility, a chill ran from her toes to the top of her head.

She shuddered violently.

Wen Ruyue was reborn, but Wen Yan was not afraid.

Wen Ruyue's mind is vicious, but not deep. She can easily see through whatever she wants, and her methods are not sophisticated.

But Huo Yaoxing is different.

He is the most poisonous snake, vicious, cruel and cold-blooded.

He can pay any price to get what he wants.

Including mentors, brothers, parents, wives and children...

suddenly.

A big, warm hand held hers.

Wen Yan turned around.

I bumped into a pair of concerned eyes.

"What's wrong with you? Why are your hands so cold?" Ying Zhilin asked with concern.

Wen Yan suddenly came back to his senses.

I was reborn.

Already got rid of Huo Yaoxing.

The tragedy of the previous life will not happen again.

I will make him pay a heavy price!

But she won't take it lightly.

It seems that she will not only send people to keep an eye on Wen Ruyue, but also send people to keep an eye on Huo Yaoxing.

Wen Yan smiled at him and said, "I'm fine. Maybe I'm a little drunk."

Wen Yan and his group walked too fast.

She didn't notice at all that Huo Yaoxing, who had just been entangled with the woman, was looking coldly in the direction she left.

Next to Chunfen Building is an inn, where Ying Zhilin and his classmates each had a room booked.

Wen Yan and Meng Chifei took a carriage back to the general's mansion.

Ying Zhi knew that Lin Jianwen Yan was not feeling well, so he sent them to the general's mansion and watched her enter the general's mansion gate with his own eyes before returning to the inn.

The two of them just entered the mansion.

Nanny Ya came forward to greet her.

"Oh, my two masters, why did you come back just now?" Aunt Ya fanned her nose. "Why are you still drinking?"

"I just had two glasses, not too much." Meng Chifei has a high alcohol tolerance, and the two glasses of wine tonight were not enough to satisfy her craving.

If the shop hadn't needed someone to watch over it these few days, she would definitely have taken a few jars home and drunk to her heart's content.

"Chen Jiu is back and waiting for you in the flower hall." Nanny Ya said helplessly, "I don't know what's the important matter. I asked him to come tomorrow daytime, but he said he had to see you tonight."

"He has waited until now, there must be important news." Wen Yan and Meng Chifei immediately walked towards the flower hall.

The two came to the flower hall.

I saw a young man dozing off on a chair, his head nodding like a chicken pecking at rice.

Hearing footsteps, he suddenly woke up and subconsciously pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist.

"Sister Chi Fei, Sister Yan Yan!" Seeing the two people at the door, he immediately smiled and let go of the knife.

"Xiaojiu, you are drooling while sleeping again." Meng Chifei pointed at the corner of his mouth.

Chen Jiu's cheeks flushed red and he hurriedly wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve.

After wiping twice and not seeing any water marks, he stamped his feet in anger: "You lied to me again!"

After the three of them sat down, Nanny Ya brought some hangover tea and then stepped outside the room to keep watch.

Chen Jiu looked at Wen Yan, then at Ying Zhilin, and said with a strange expression: "Wen Ruyue went to see Sun Rulan."

Except for Chen Qi who was recuperating in the northern border, Chen Yi to Chen Shier all returned to Beijing with Meng Chifei and his sister.

Each of the twelve people has his own strengths.

For example, Chen Jiu in front of him is good at mixing with all kinds of people and collecting information.

Meng Chifei's mind was stuck for a moment: "How did these two get together?"

Wen Yan asked, "What did they say?"

Chen Jiu nodded.

“Sun Rulan said a few words, but there was no important information.

Wen Ruyue was very careful and kept the volume down, so we didn't hear anything."

Chen Jiu then repeated Sun Rulan's words.

Wen Yan's face turned cold: "It seems that the conflict in the afternoon made Wen Ruyue hold a grudge.

So I went to Sun Rulan to cooperate and let him deal with Sister Chi Fei."

Meng Chifei sneered, "Wen Ruyue really opened my eyes.

You allow her to come and bully you, but you don't allow us to resist, right? "

"Two bad guys together, nothing good can come of it," Wen Yan frowned, "Sister Chi Fei, you have to be careful recently, beware of them doing something shady in secret. After the auction is over, we will find a chance to deal with him."

"How dare you attack Sister Chi Fei! I'll kill them right now!" Chen Jiu was so angry that he slammed the table and rushed out.

Meng Chifei pulled him back and said, "Sit down nicely. It's not your turn as a child to intervene in adult matters."

Chen Jiu pouted and sat back unconvinced.

"We're not afraid of him resorting to shady tactics, we're just afraid he'll do nothing. That way, we won't find an opportunity to strike." Wen Yan instructed Chen Jiu, "Keep a close eye on Sun Rulan. If we get the chance, we'll make sure he never gets back on his feet."

Meng Chifei also nodded: "Listen to Yanyan." They have been busy with the relief silver issue recently and have no time to consider the man named Sun.

Chen Jiu then said "Oh" reluctantly.

Wen Yan continued to ask, "Besides that, is there any new news from Wen Ruyue?"

Ever since Wen Ruyue took the lead in opening "Miao Bi Zhai".

Wen Yan asked Chen Jiu to arrange someone to keep an eye on Wen Ruyue.

Just as expected.

After the drought in Jinyang Prefecture broke out, Wen Ruyue's dowry manager quietly left the capital.

Wen Yan guessed at that time that Wen Ruyue was going to repeat the same path as in her previous life.

Chen Jiu handed a few small paper rolls to Wen Yan and said, "The people who were following us reported back that the people sent by Wen Ruyue are indeed buying up grain on a large scale."

Wen Ruyue thanked Chen Jiu and said, "I'll have to trouble you, Brother Jiu, to keep a close eye on Wen Ruyue. If she has any new moves, please let me know immediately."

Of course, there's also Sun Rulan's side, since it concerns Sister Chi Fei, so we can't be careless either."

Chen Jiu bent two fingers and pointed at his eyes: "Don't worry, my eyes are not vegetarians."

Exchange a few more words.

Chen Jiu left.

Wen Yan also went back to the yard with Meng Chifei.

Meng Chifei sent Nanny Ya away and carried the lantern himself.

She said to Wen Yan worriedly, "Yan Yan, I suspect Wen Ruyue also has the ability to predict the future."

"Why do you feel so?" Wen Yan asked curiously.

Meng Chifei then recounted Wen Ruyue's ridicule of her that afternoon, "Her determined look at that time didn't seem like she was speaking out of anger, but more like she was certain I would end up like that."

Wen Yan lied: "I knew it when she opened Miaobi Zhai."

"Could it be..." Meng Chifei looked incredulous.

Wen Yan nodded: "That's right. In my 'foreknowledge', Miaobi Zhai is a shop we opened together, and it is very profitable.

The opening time, location, suppliers, and even the placement of merchandise are all exactly the same.”

"Then why didn't you stop her?"

"Why stop it?"

"If Wen Ruyue stole my 'Miao Bi Zhai', she will definitely steal other things too!"

Wen Yan then told her about the food stockpiling incident.

"In 'Precognition', I did take advantage of the drought in Jinyang Prefecture and made a fortune trading grain. Do you think Wen Ruyue would give up such a good opportunity to make money?"

"Are you going to let her snatch away your fortune again?"

"What kind of fortune is this?" Wen Yan smiled at her, "Drought will break out next year, and no one in Jinyang Prefecture, whether the poor people or the wealthy landlords, will have any surplus food.

That's why I can make a lot of money.

Now, we've exposed the drought in advance. Although the people of Jinyang Prefecture are suffering, the wealthy landlords haven't run out of food yet. Even if Wen Ruyue ships more rice, she won't be able to sell it. She might even be seen as someone trying to steal their business.

The local landlords and grain merchants might unite to exclude her."

Meng Chifei asked, "But what if Wen Ruyue stores the food and waits until Jinyang Prefecture can no longer hold on, and then sells it?"

"There's a saying that goes, 'If my neighbor has food, I have guns.' My neighbor is my granary!" Wen Yan smiled slyly, "The more she hoards, the better it is for us."