As soon as he got out of the pleasure boat, he hurriedly called the waiter of the restaurant and told him everything about Qin Zhao.

Qin Zhao said, "Then have you found out that my monthly allowance is only thirty taels, and I haven't been able to go to the Gu Mansion for two whole months."

Xiao Yue: “…”

Xiao Yue looked at Qin Zhao with sympathy in his eyes.

"Wait." He felt something was wrong again, "That guy named Gu is yours, right?"

"right."

"He's quite rich, isn't it okay for you to ask him to give you some money?"

"Of course I can, but I can't give you that much." Qin Zhao said, "Ten thousand taels."

Xiao Yue couldn't believe it: "You bargained too hard, didn't you?!"

Qin Zhao remained indifferent.

"You're the one begging me now, not me begging you." Xiao Yue said unhappily, "I can just not help you, and I won't lose anything. As for you, besides me, who else can you ask for help now?"

Qin Zhao said: "Except you, there is indeed no one who can help me."

Before Xiao Yue could feel proud, Qin Zhao said again: "But at the same time, I am the only one who can help you now."

What he was talking about was naturally the imperial court's desire to exercise military power.

Qin Zhao said, "You don't want to surrender your military power to others, nor do you want to clash with the imperial court. You can choose not to cooperate with me, just like now, when your mother passed away, you had to return secretly to bury her."

Xiao Yue's expression darkened and his eyes turned cold in an instant.

Qin Zhao met his gaze and said calmly, "No one will help you with this matter except me."

A long silence stretched across the pleasure boat. It took Xiao Yue a long time to make a decision. He sighed and said, "I heard you had a manor outside the capital, and it was raided by the emperor after something happened. Give it to me after the incident."

Qin Zhao gritted his teeth: "That village is worth more than 50,000..."

Xiao Yue raised his eyebrows.

"Okay, when I come back, I'll give you the farm."

Xiao Yue: "Deal!"

Xiao Yue drank the wine in front of him in one gulp, stood up and said, "Let's go, we're going back."

Qin Zhao sat there without moving: "What's going on?"

In order to ensure that no one could hear them talking, Xiao Yue had the boat rowed out into the lake. Now all of Xiao Yue's subordinates were waiting on the shore, which was some distance away and they could not be contacted.

Xiao Yue didn't care: "This place is not far from the shore, can't we get there with a light skill?"

Qin Zhao looked at him silently.

Xiao Yue suddenly realized: "I forgot, you are a sickly person now."

"What should I do? I don't want to carry you over there. It's too disgusting." Xiao Yue imagined the scene and couldn't help feeling a chill.

Qin Zhao reminded: "There are oars at the bow of the boat."

"Okay, let's row back." Xiao Yue said as he walked out, but saw Qin Zhao still sitting there. "Why don't you get up?"

Qin Zhao: "The wind on the lake is strong at night. I can't handle the wind."

"..." Xiao Yue was furious, "I'm a general, and you want me to be your boatman?"

"Hurry up." Qin Zhao said calmly, "I have a headache."

Xiao Yue went to the bow, cursing. Qin Zhao's eyes fell on the untouched cup of kumis in front of him again. He hesitated for a moment, raised the glass, and took a sip.

It has a rich milky aroma and a fragrant wine aroma.

Qin Zhao savored the taste between his lips and tongue for a moment, then lowered his head and took another sip.

.

The price of indulgence was that Qin Zhao caught fire again on the way home.

He leaned against the carriage window, his lips slightly pale, his voice weak: "Turn left on this road and go to the end."

Xiao Yue had never seen him like this before, and it was a bit surprising: "With your body, can you really make it to Beijing?"

"I can't die."

"That would be best." Xiao Yue said, "I've had my eye on your farm for a long time. If you don't succeed this time, I'll have to find another opportunity to ask His Majesty to grant it to me."