"That's not a good idea, sir." Su Mengyan was very reluctant, but she refused politely, "There are still many empty rooms in this inn. I can stay somewhere else."
"Do you have silver?" Situ Yao asked her, "Don't forget, you just took a thousand taels from me." He was referring to the silver notes that Su Mengyan had just taken from him to bribe the guards at the city gate.
Su Mengyan stared at him in disbelief. "I did it just to get into the city, and besides, I didn't spend the money on myself."
Without money, you can't move forward. Su Mengyan deeply understands the meaning of this sentence.
Situ Yao ignored her explanation and sat there lazily. "No matter what it is, just consider that money as a loan from me."
"You..." Su Mengyan was speechless. She really didn't expect Situ Yao to be so stingy. What she regretted most now was that she didn't explain clearly when she took the banknote.
Situ Yao raised his eyes slightly and asked her slowly, "So when are you going to return it to me?"
"I don't have any silver!" Su Mengyan squeezed out the words from between her teeth. "But don't worry, sir. I will definitely find a way to pay you back. I won't owe you a cent."
Situ Yao chuckled, nodded, and said, "One thousand taels of silver is not too much, but it's not too little either. Yan'er should save the money for staying at the inn for now."
Su Mengyan was furious, her eyes widened as she asked him, "Sir, I came out with you. Do I have to pay for my own food and lodging?"
Situ Yao pondered the meaning of her words for a while, and found her angry expression very amusing, so he nodded, "Of course. But I can advance the money for you, and you can pay me back when you get back."
The way he knocked on the door now was completely different from the Situ Yao before. Su Mengyan couldn't help but ask, "Are you serious, sir?"
Situ Yao found the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone in the room and wrote the bill in a proper manner. His handwriting was vigorous and vigorous, with sharp strokes, and it was very beautiful.
However, when he handed it to Su Mengyan, she instantly lost interest in appreciating it. She took it fiercely, pulled the corners of her mouth, and forced a smile, "Then I'll have to inconvenience you, sir, and take me in for a few days."
Until she came out to eat, Su Mengyan was still drawing a little man for Situ Yao in her mind.
"What's wrong with Yan'er?" Cui Mixue noticed that her expression was different and asked with concern.
Su Mengyan quickly shook her head, "It's okay."
"I heard that you and the young master live in the same room?" Cui Mixue asked her tentatively, her white fingers clenching the chopsticks.
Su Mengyan was completely unaware and nodded nonchalantly, then explained, "The young master is away from home, and he needs someone to take care of his food and clothing, so he left me in the house."
"Thank you for your hard work." Cui Mixue said with a smile. "If you're tired, you can always come to me for help."
Su Mengyan was stunned. "Help with what?" She didn't understand what Cui Mixue meant.
"Gentlemen, what are you doing?" The waiter's voice interrupted their conversation.
A constable dressed in yamen uniform rushed in and asked fiercely, "We heard that several outsiders came to your store today?"
"Where is the person?" the leading yamen runner asked, holding the clerk's collar.
The guy was so scared that he looked at Su Mengyan and the others unconsciously.
The yamen runner left the waiter and walked towards them. "Are you the ones?"
After saying this, he saw Cui Mixue standing next to him, and an evil thought came to his mind. He walked up to her frivolously and asked, "Young lady, are you entering the city now? Is there something important?"
"We are the bailiffs from the prefectural government. Whether you need to find someone or something else, we can help you." The bailiff wanted to attack Cui Mixue, but she dodged him skillfully.
Cui Mixue's resistance made them unhappy, and their faces instantly turned red with anger. They pinched Cui Mixue's chin tightly and said, "Don't be so shameless!"
"What are you going to do?" Su Mengyan looked back and spoke loudly on purpose. If Situ Yao heard it, he would definitely come down to rescue them.
"Oh, there's another young lady here." The bailiff looked Su Mengyan up and down with a greedy smile on his face.
The words that followed became more and more disgusting, but Su Mengyan resisted the urge to take action.
Situ Yao finally arrived, and Su Mengyan quickly walked behind him, "Sir."
"Are you the master?" The yamen runner was a little hesitant when he saw Situ Yao. He said sternly, "You sneaked into the city and will be sent to the master and locked up!"
"Oh? Why?" Situ Yao feigned confusion. "You openly bullied my maid. How are you going to settle this?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qingfeng brought his personal guards to surround the yamen runners.
"What are you going to do?" The yamen runner saw that these people didn't look like ordinary guards, so he drew his sword and pointed it at Situ Yao and the others. "We are from the prefectural governor's office. Are you a few outsiders trying to go against the prefectural governor's office?"
The governor has been imprisoned. Who is the person in charge of the entire Chu City now? Situ Yao pondered for a while. He originally wanted to send someone to investigate the situation, but now it seems there is no need.
Situ Yao glanced at the clerk and the shopkeeper squatting next to him, gave Qingfeng a look, and asked him to use the silver to settle the matter.
As for the surrounded yamen runners, Situ Yao sneered, "Catch them all and throw them into the backyard!"
"Who dares to take action!" They even tried to use chicken feathers as a token of support. "If you go against the prefectural governor's office, you will only seek your own death!"
"Really?" Situ Yao inadvertently saw the badge on his waist and said disdainfully, "They are just a few odd jobs. Even if they disappear, no one will care."
Seeing this, the yamen runners wanted to break out, and the atmosphere between the two sides instantly became tense.
However, how could a few errand runners be a match for the Eastern Palace's personal guards? In just a short while, they were all beaten and crying for help.
The way he was kneeling down and begging for mercy was completely different from the way he had been arrogantly teasing them before. Su Mengyan couldn't help but say, "Weren't you guys quite arrogant just now?"
It was obvious that these people often bullied the common people. Su Mengyan walked over and gave them a fierce kick. "Why are you not being so arrogant anymore?"
"I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore." He was beaten black and blue, and he no longer had the courage he had just now. Especially when he saw the dangerous look in Situ Yao's eyes, he became even more scared, fearing that he would lose his life here.
Situ Yao pulled Su Mengyan back from venting her anger, "Okay."
"They are still useful, don't beat them to death." After he said that, he threw all the yamen runners into the backyard.
The Xu brothers were afraid of exposing their identities, so they had been hiding until now.
As soon as Xu Chufeng came out, he grabbed the yamen runner with one hand and asked him fiercely, "How is my father?"
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