It’s not that this man’s facial features are ugly, but there are too many pimples on his face, connected together, and it’s really disgusting.
Lin Jiuxi's hands were itching, and he wished he could clear the needle immediately.
Zhang Chen was not polite and said loudly, "Don't pretend to be nice to me. Collect the money for this month."
The proprietress said with a bitter face, "Brother Zhang, you know that not many people come to the city this month. Our inn can't even accommodate a few people a day. We don't even have money for the waiters' meals. How can we pay the taxes?"
Besides, this is not a real tax. It is just something Zhang Chen made to make money. No one is willing to pay it, but what else can they do?
Zhang Chen swung his whip on the table and said, "I don't care about you. It's you who are incompetent. Why don't you learn from other families? Others can hand over the silver, so why can't your family do the same?"
The lady boss grumbled, "We run a serious business, which is different from those private businesses."
And now the news brought by Yongming is even more explosive. Zhang Jin actually dared to put the prince under house arrest.
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Is n't this too amazing? "What's going on? I heard them say that it was because Nangong Xuan was sick and weak and didn't trust outsiders that the power was taken away by the Zhang family?" Lin Jiuxi instinctively believed what Yongming said.
Yongming nodded and said, "These are also true."
As a secret guard, Yongming's eyes were very sharp. He naturally noticed Lin Jiuxi's little action. He smiled and explained to her, "The prince is busy on the battlefield and has no time to come to see the princess. I specially asked my subordinate to come to see you and tell you the news here."
Lin Jiuxi was a little surprised. The proprietress had told her before that the reason why Princess Xuan and Zhang Jin's family were able to control Hezhou was because Prince Xuan was seriously ill in bed and was suspicious, which led to this situation.
The lady boss looked at him approvingly and said, "That's right. He wants to spend the money but doesn't want to spend it. He wants to give it to the King of Hell! He will get his comeuppance sooner or later!"
Xiao Wu was even more caustic, "He lives such a boring life, why does he need money? Make himself a golden coffin."
After all, the proprietress and the others could not get in touch with the real Nangong Xuan, but it was different for Nangong Jing and the others. They were brothers, and even if they were not close, they still knew each other better than others.
Lin Jiuxi believed this reason, because the Emperor of Zhongzhou was an extremely paranoid patient.
Yongming didn't leave, Lin Jiuxi was a little surprised: "Shouldn't you be on duty beside Nangong Jing? Is there anything else?"
The proprietress had no choice but to take off a silver hairpin from her head to get the job done.
"The prince asked me to tell you that Nangong Xuan, the Lord of Hezhou City, is actually under house arrest by the princess."
"Oh, what news?" Although he felt a little disappointed, Lin Jiuxi was not willing to express this emotion in front of outsiders, so he quickly restrained himself.
Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor, whoever has the fault should be held responsible! The people are always innocent.
The lady boss got angry when she talked about it. "He was a toad in his previous life. He loves nothing but money. He is also extremely stingy. It is said that his family does not even have a concubine because they are afraid that the concubine will spend money. Even his wife's skirt does not drag on the ground, and she has to cook for herself. When he first came here two years ago, I heard that someone gave his family a concubine, but he was so good that he gave the concubine back and insisted that the person convert it into silver for him."
It is true that Zhang Jin is a disaster.
"Yongming? Why are you here?" Lin Jiuxi's eyes lit up when he saw Nangong Jing's secret guard in the room.
After Zhang Chen left, Lin Jiuxi dared to approach her and ask, "This Lord Zhang is in charge of a county after all, why does he collect taxes himself?"
Lin Jiuxi and his friends got a lot of information from the proprietress, and they were also quite tired after the long journey.
It’s just that God shouldn’t vent his anger on the people for this mistake.
Lin Jiuxi returned to the room, but found that there was already someone in the room.
Fortunately, Linglong was not here, and Lin Jiuxi always dressed low-key for convenience, and even the hairpin on her head was a wooden hairpin worth one or two coins. She felt that it would not be a loss even if it was lost, and it could be bought anywhere, so it was very economical.
"Well, what's going on?"
"Aren't you good-looking? Since you can make money, why don't you go and learn from me? I don't care about you that much. Just pay the money. If you can't, don't blame me." Zhang Chen is not interested in women, he only loves money.
It is also said that this is a prince with quite some abilities and means.
This was not what Zhang Chen saw, otherwise he would not have missed any opportunity to make use of the silver.
"Okay, I already know." Lin Jiuxi nodded, with some thoughts in his mind.
They could not imagine that a woman would dare to hurt her husband and put him under house arrest.
Before leaving, Zhang Chen took a look at Lin Jiuxi and the others.
In other words, what the boss lady and the others said was indeed right, but they underestimated the power of Princess Xuan's Consort Zhang Jin.
"It is true that Prince Xuan is seriously ill in bed, and is now dying. We don't know how he is doing. But this matter is probably related to Princess Xuan. She was the one who purged the entire Prince Xuan's Mansion, replaced the servants with her own confidants, and put Prince Xuan under house arrest. Prince Xuan has no children, so naturally those concubines and maids were also dealt with by Princess Xuan. Now it can be said that Princess Xuan is the only one in power, and outsiders can't interfere at all." Yongming explained.
Logically speaking, he should just count the money in the mansion and there is no need for him to extort money from others.
This man is indeed Grandet II.
But when she looked carefully again, she did not see Nangong Jing and felt a little disappointed.
But what the boss lady and the others said makes sense, and these words cannot be groundless.
Yongming's face flushed red, and after a long pause he finally said, "The prince asked me to tell you, princess, that you haven't replied to his letter for a long time, do you miss him?"
Lin Jiuxi immediately retorted in his heart, I didn’t, I really want to.
But after all, in front of outsiders, you still have to maintain a superficial image.
Lin Jiuxi's ears turned red, and he pretended to be calm and said, "Okay, I understand. You go and have a rest first. I'll give you the letter later, and you can take it back to him." After Yongming went out.
Lin Jiuxi picked up the brush and wrote on the peach blossom rice paper, "My husband, Nangong Jingshou. It's not that I don't miss him, but the paper is too light to bear my ocean of thoughts. I wanted to talk to you about my thoughts under the flowers and the moon... I always encourage myself, and now I am waiting, just to meet you, never to be separated, to hold your hand, and watch the sun and the moon together. Every day when I wake up and open my eyes to see you, it is a day of joy."