"This..." Zhu Da hesitated this time, mainly because his warehouse had been depleted recently, and it would soon be empty if he took any more.
Rong Bai glanced at him and said understandingly, "It's okay, it's fine if you don't want to go, I understand, it's just..."
"What a waste of all that manpower and resources! We invested so much, and we came back empty-handed. What a pity!"
That long sigh pierced Zhu Da's heart, causing him unbearable pain and itch.
It's like there's a chest of treasure right in front of him, and he's already gone through eighty-one tribulations, just one last step away from the finish line.
This won't do.
He gritted his teeth and said with a pained expression, "Who said I'm not going out? We're going out! This time, we must storm Chaoyang Manor and capture Luo Xi alive."
His face was contorted with heartache.
"However, I must receive 60% of the property in the manor; otherwise, this matter is no longer worth mentioning."
Sixty percent? Even if it's ten percent, Rong Bai would agree: "No problem."
But you have to actually get it, right?
Zhu Da was immediately envious. So what if you're rich? You agreed so readily.
He thought Rong Bai's family had too much money, which was why he didn't care about the money.
"Wait, the goods will arrive in three days, and we'll start the war immediately."
This time he acted faster than ever before; in less than three days, 10,000 shi of grain were delivered to the military camp.
Wow, Rong Bai is starting to admire himself. He thinks he doesn't need to do any business anymore; he can just open a store, help people fool fools, and then take a cut.
And you can earn a lot of money easily.
"Lord Zhu, you're getting more and more efficient at your work," he quickly praised.
Zhu Da didn't dare glance at the grain supplies, afraid he would regret it again.
"Stop flattering me. When are we leaving? I'm telling you, I'm going with you this time."
He wanted to witness the destruction of Chaoyang Manor with his own eyes; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to let go of the resentment in his heart.
"Together?" Rong Bai thought for a moment and agreed. After all, they had been playing dead for so long that both of them were already very skilled at it, and they weren't afraid that Zhu Da, that fool, would see through their act.
However, Rong Bai didn't have a chance to pretend one last time, because as soon as they turned around, they saw Luo Xi standing brazenly in the middle of the camp.
Just one person!
Rong Bai sighed inwardly, "What a pity."
That's really something, the boss can't he let Zhu Da get any more excited? It's so much fun.
However, Zhu Da was also very excited at this moment: "Men, hurry, hurry, quickly arrest the traitor Luo Xi."
That's good. We don't need to pay the last 10,000 shi of grain. Anyway, Luo Xi delivered it to us on his own, and it has nothing to do with Rong Bai.
However, no one in the camp moved despite his calls; they all looked at him as if he were an idiot.
Zhu Da's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Rong Bai: "Magistrate Rong, why don't you hurry up and have them arrest the rebels?"
Rong Bai clicked his tongue a few times, ignoring him completely, and walked straight towards Luo Xi: "Boss, can't you let me play a little longer? It's rare to see someone so stupid and rich."
“You’re no longer of any use, so why bother?” Luo Xi looked at him meaningfully. “If you’re really bored, go help Wei Qing, or Yin Li too. They have a lot going on there, and they’ll make sure you’re never bored again.”
Rong Bai: "..."
He must be bored.
A wooden stake and a desperate thug, neither of them are to be trifled with.
"You, you..." Zhu Da still understood everything.
He's been... played by someone!
"Rong Bai, you are an official appointed by the imperial court. How can you do this and live up to the court's cultivation of you?"
Rong Bai said listlessly, "I'm eating my own food and spending my own money. What does it have to do with the imperial court?"
"However, Lord Zhu, you sent me a lot of grain and money. Thank you, you're a very kind person."
Zhu Da: "..."
His face turned white then green, then green then black.
"Don't go too far. If the prefect finds out you've joined the bandits, he'll definitely not let you off the hook. But if you turn back now, I'll pretend I never found out anything."
"Once we take down Roxi, all the credit will be yours, how about it?" He was trying to secure a chance for himself.
"Why waste so much breath on him?" Luo Xi started playing the bad cop: "Just execute him on the spot, and you'll be the third-in-command of Chaoyang Manor from now on."
Rong Bai glanced at Luo Xi, then at Zhu Da, and lowered his head without saying a word.
Zhu Da thought he was tempted, so he quickly raised his stakes: "I have 100,000 shi of grain and a warehouse full of treasures at home, I'll give them all to you."
He hasn't lived enough yet, how can he die?
Rong Bai hesitated for a moment, then finally said, "It's impossible for me to betray the Boss, but we can spare your life."
He looked at Luo Xi, trying to negotiate: "Boss, what do you think? After all, Lord Zhu is also my friend."
Friend? Zhu Da was stunned. How come he didn't know? But he didn't care for that for now: "Yes, yes, I am Lord Rong's friend."
Loxi stared at Juda: "That depends on your own performance."
"Is this still not enough?" Zhu Da said resolutely, taking out his life savings: "Here's another box of gold bars for you. This is my last bit of savings."
What terrible things has he done that he came to Tongning County and had his undergarments completely removed?
Seeing that it was about time, Luo Xi nodded to Rong Bai.
"Deal." Rong Bai beckoned to the soldier beside him: "Get a set of paper and pen for Lord Zhu, and have him write a letter to his subordinates."
Zhu Da breathed a sigh of relief; at least his life was saved.
After Zhu Da was subdued, Rong Bai asked in confusion, "Boss, why not just kill someone like that? Why let him go back alive?"
Luo Xi wasn't that stupid to just kill them outright: "Du Hong will always send people to deal with us."
"In that case, isn't Zhu Da, someone we know well and who isn't very bright, much better than someone we've never met and know nothing about?"
She'll be back soon, and she needs Jiuxian to find a way to help this fool, lest he get killed by Du Hong when he gets back, which would be a real shame.
Rong Bai gave Luo Xi a thumbs up in admiration: "Brilliant!"
A few days later, Judas' ransom arrived, and as agreed, Rosie readily released him.
Zhu Da didn't believe he was alive until he sat in his familiar chair. But...
So how should the Prefect explain this?
bother!
Before he could come up with a good idea, Du Hong's constable arrived: "Lord Zhu, I don't need to say anything more, do I? Please!"
Zhu Da was thus invited to the prefectural governor's office.
He used to long to come to this place, but now, all Zhu Da wants to do is escape.
What to do? What to do?
The prefect wouldn't just kill him, would he?
Although a prefect does not have the power to kill a county magistrate, isn't it a prefect's specialty to kill someone without their knowledge and then frame a bandit for it?
Du Hong sat leisurely in the back room, looking through the dark window at Zhu Da's restless appearance.
"What a useless piece of trash. No wonder Luo Xi and Rong Bai made him run around like a fool."
"Sir, should we..." The clerk next to him raised his hand and scratched his own neck.
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