Li Yuan rolled her eyes at him and said, "I don't care. You said at the beginning that if I cure your illness, you will let me go. What? Are you going to go back on your word?"

Gongzi Yan chuckled, "When did I say I would not release him? But the premise of releasing him is,"

"Don't even think about it. I'm almost broke. You ask me for money, but I don't have any!"

Li Yuan refused without a second thought and threatened her: "If you dare to take my money, you must return it to me intact after I cure your illness!"

The meaning is very clear: the amount of money charged for releasing the patient is the same as the amount of money charged for treating the illness.

Gongzi Yan glanced at her slowly and said, "Woman, you are so boring!"

I originally wanted to tease her, but I didn't expect this girl to take it seriously. It was not fun at all.

"Stop talking about those useless things. Let me ask you, will you release my people? Will you accept the money?"

In order to prevent this guy from suddenly turning against her, she had to make the conditions clear so that she could proceed with the next steps with peace of mind.

Gongzi Yan completely lost his patience this time. He rolled his eyes at her and said coldly, "Let her go, will you? I'm really scared of you. If you don't cure me, what shall I do?"

Although she said so, Li Yuan clearly saw the self-mockery in his eyes, and immediately felt a little bit reluctant. Doctors are like caring parents, and it was indeed a bit unfair for her to force others in this way. However, when she thought of the huge sum of money, she naturally hardened her heart.

"I feel relieved when you say that. If you are happy, I won't drag you down. Don't worry, I will take your illness to heart. How about we start tomorrow, how about that?"

Gongzi Yan didn't have any objections. Anyway, in the current situation, the problems that needed to be solved had basically been solved, but...

"When are you planning on leaving?"

Li Yuan stroked his chin and thought for a while, "Your illness will probably take a month to heal. Even if you want to leave, it will take a month. How?"

"All the roads in the city that never sleeps are blocked. It's not easy to leave. I think you've heard about this, right?"

Li Yuan lowered her head guiltily. Of course she knew it, she not only knew it, but also that the culprit was still in her dantian!

"I know. What?" Could it be that they want to open up new roads?

"When you leave, you will either have to find a way out on your own, or cross mountains and rivers. This alone will probably take more than a month, right?"

Of course, if it were an ordinary person, it would be extremely difficult, but she has Bai Zha, so why not just let it open a path out?

"Or do you think that dragon will come back to clear a way for you? Haha, if that's the case, I have to doubt whether this dragon is really contracted by humans. Not only that, it is very likely that she is among us."

Li Yuan couldn't help but feel guilty again.

He immediately gave up the idea of ​​asking Bai Zha to lead the way. Bai Zha's mother had told him not to show his face in the Four Continents. If the situation had not been urgent, he would not have done so.

Now that the crisis has been resolved, why would she put it in danger again?

and……

Just as Gongzi Yan said, if Bai Zha helped them again this time, the possibility of her being exposed would increase dramatically, which was not what she wanted.

"How could there be a dragon? We were probably just lucky last time, right?"

Gongzi Yan shook his head gently. "I don't know, but it is true that it helped us. However, without a road, it would be extremely troublesome for the Never-Sleeping City and you. The only solution now is to... open up a new road."

"If you want to leave, you have to do this. Fortunately, there are many of us now. This will benefit everyone and no one will be lazy."

"Which direction are you planning to open up? Let me know later and I'll arrange our people."

Li Yuan agreed readily. Anyway, she had to stay here to treat him and couldn't leave for a while. Everyone was free anyway, and clearing the way would make it easier for them to leave here smoothly in the future. No one would say anything about it.

The road they came from has changed a lot. Bai Zha has actually built a long mountain range outside the Dark Forest, and the other side of the mountain range has been reclaimed with sea. It seems that the City That Never Sleeps is safe, but leaving here will be troublesome. They don't even know what the other side of the mountain looks like.

"Don't worry, I've left a path for you in the southeast direction. I'll go and clear it out tonight, so you won't have to spend too much effort in the future."

Feeling Li Yuan's difficulty, Bai Zha yawned and said slowly: "I do things without considering the consequences, so don't worry, Master."

"Really? Wait, southeast? Doesn't that mean we have to go around the Dark Forest?"

Bai Zha nodded, "Well, we went around it. The road we walked along has now been filled into a lake. It's not big, but even if the lake is drained, it won't dry up in such a cold day. Instead of that, we might as well take another road. Although the other road is a mountain road, it's not a difficult task for people like you."

Thinking of the various dangers encountered in the Dark Forest, Li Yuan thought for a moment and nodded, "It's better to go around it. At least it will save me some trouble."

Li Yuan looked up at Gongzi Yan, thought for a moment and decided not to reveal her true colors in front of him.

Once Bai Zha has made all the arrangements, they will naturally find such a path.

"In that case, I'll go back and notify everyone so that they can be mentally prepared. Also, since the road is being repaired, should the people who are with you be released?"

Gongzi Yan nodded, "Don't worry, Feng will go with you in a while, and let them know how much they should pay."

Li Yuan's mouth twitched. This guy really doesn't leave any opportunity unattended.

However, if the problem can be solved with money, it would be a good thing. At least it would be much smoother than letting it fall into the hands of Hong Xie and others.

As expected, when Protector Feng handed them the list of various organizations and marked the prices according to their levels, it immediately caused an uproar.

Even Wei Jie couldn't help but twitch his lips after seeing the price list.

As for those organizations that were completely destroyed, Gongzi Yan directly sent the price list to the hands of those who were imprisoned, and let them decide for themselves.

In short, except for Li Yuan's people, everyone else will pay an absolute price.

This time, no one can crawl out of the city that never sleeps without losing a layer of skin.

"Isn't this too clearly divided? Guards, maids, and old women without ranks are each paid one thousand taels; stewards and servants with ranks are paid two thousand taels; officials with ranks are paid five to eight thousand taels; and the starting price for the heads of various organizations is ten thousand taels. Isn't this too expensive?"

"One maid costs one thousand taels. How much does it cost to buy one? And here there is one thousand taels? How is this different from robbery?"

"Yes, yes, can we only get out the useful people and leave the useless ones behind?"

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, Feng Hufa looked at him like an idiot, "You're dreaming. My master has invested so much manpower and material resources to save these people. Now that he has rescued them, he wants you to take some money. Why are you all calculating like this? I'm telling you, no way!"

"Everyone from every organization must be bought out, not one less. If one is missing, the rest won't be able to leave!"

"Well, what should we do if we don't have money?"

"Those who don't have money, sign a pledge for me. Anyway, you can run away, but you can't. You will have to pay me back sooner or later. Not only that, but I will also pay you interest. We in the City That Never Sleeps never do business at a loss."

“……” Now, those who wanted to take the opportunity to bargain were completely defeated.

"Also, after you sign and pledge, when you are released, all of you must clear the way for me to the back mountain. If there is no road, you can't leave even if you want to. This is everyone's responsibility, and no one can escape it."

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd was in an uproar again. Li Yuan scratched his ears and decided to stay away from this place of trouble.

"Is this Master Yan's solution?" Wei Jie raised his hand, blocked Li Yuan's way, and asked with a frown.

Li Yuan shrugged, glanced at the noisy crowd behind her, and nodded, "Well, people say that she is a businessman and will not do business at a loss. Since she can't get any benefit from Hong Xie, she can't save so many people for nothing. Naturally, she has to find ways to minimize the cost."

"He's a good business material," Wei Jie snorted coldly, seeming to disapprove.

Li Yuan felt that she had nothing to lose, so she didn't say anything. "What's the matter?"

"Well, how did you arrange it?"

Li Yuan knew that the arrangements he mentioned must be referring to his plans after leaving here.

"I will go back to Lingjiazhuang first. After that, I may be called back to Prince Kang's mansion to wait for my wedding. Didn't they say that the date will be set after next year?"

Wei Jie nodded, "Well, just remember it."

that's all?

Li Yuan looked at his back and couldn't help but twitching her eyes. Damn, did he stop her just to ask this question?

Are you sure she is willing to get married?

Is this guy a little too confident?

With so many things happening one after another during this four-nation gathering, can his and her wedding still be held as scheduled?

Although she felt a little regretful that Li Hongtao did not die, it also meant that she would have more troubles in the future. If he went back and exaggerated the story, based on her ability to treat poisons, the emperor of Mei Kingdom might not let him go so easily.

As for Wei Yuchen, his original intention was to choose a woman for his brother who would bring him endless ridicule and trouble, but she is obviously no longer the most suitable candidate. Will Wei Yuchen still let this marriage go through?

I’m afraid...it’s not that easy, right?

I have to say that the efficiency of the city that never sleeps is still very high.

Under various threats and inducements, no matter which force it was, they had no choice but to sign a large number of IOUs. Even the hostages who were not rescued were willing to sign the agreement.

Just to be able to return to their home before the Spring Festival, they can't stay here for even a minute.

If they had known that such a grand gathering would cause such a huge mess, they would not have been willing to leave home at all.

But now, is there still room for them to regret?

Not only that, he paid an absolute price for it.

Not to mention the lives lost and the financial and material resources spent, the experiences of the past few months alone are enough for them to reminisce for the rest of their lives.

The first wave of people who came back were all insignificant people from various organizations, and the main reason for letting them come back was to clear the way.

As for the others, most of them were undergoing training in the Heizu Mountains.

When the second wave will come back depends on their respective luck.

Because after this, they are all people who have already started practicing martial arts, and everyone's level is different, so the time they come back will naturally be different.

After Qingchen roughly counted the number of people, he looked at Wei Jie: "Those who came back have been confirmed to be ordinary people with no foundation."

In this four-nation gathering, the more masters there were, the more people there were to serve them. Although some people were lost on the way back, these powerless people were saved to the greatest extent.

It’s not that they are so kind, but I’m afraid that Hongxie and the others’ original intention was to keep stocks for the poison man’s experiments.

So when we counted them carefully, the number actually reached over a thousand.

There are thousands of these people alone. If we count the emperors, concubines, princesses, princesses, princes, officials, etc. from various countries, wouldn’t there be tens of thousands of people behind them?

"For this money..." Before Qingchen could worry, Wei Jie gave the order, "First, draw up a promissory note in the name of the royal family."

As for the final total number, I believe that given Wei Yuchen's natural approach, he will not recognize it and will definitely distribute it to everyone.

No matter who it falls into the hands of in the end, Wei Jie will never pay a penny.