The servant that Lord Jiang, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, sent to follow An Xin came back to report that An Xin had never entered the Grand Marshal's Mansion.

Lord Jiang's eyes were cold and he sneered with disdain: "I thought he was some powerful figure, but it turns out he is just like this."

"I'll treat the money I return as beggars."

When Prince Cheng of Prince Cheng's Palace heard this, he was also stunned.

He glanced at his only son who had finally gotten up to eat, and at least he didn't utter a single curse word.

Thinking of his own two hundred thousand taels of silver being carried away, King Cheng's heart was bleeding, and he couldn't help but mutter, "Coward."

"A-choo!" An Xin, who had just finished eating and drinking in the private room of the restaurant, suddenly sneezed and raised his hand to rub his nose, "Who missed me."

"I don't think anyone misses you." Jiang Zhou took a sip of tea and said rudely, "For what you did today, it's normal for someone to scold you behind your back."

An Xin glanced at him and said, "How come you are such a good person, but you have a big mouth..."

"Humph! Don't you know how much people dislike you?!" Jiang Zhou curled his lips, "There are still people who miss you? Dream on!"

This time, not only An Xin looked at him sideways, but even Leng Xiangbai, Jiang Xuan and Chi Lan also glanced at Jiang Zhou.

They thought that if anyone wanted to be disliked, who would be disliked as well as this person?

Jiang Zhou saw them shaking their heads at the same time, and asked unhappily, "What do you mean by this?" He glanced at them with a bad look.

An Xin pretended to drink tea with her head down and didn't notice that he was about to get angry.

He glanced at Leng Xiangbai and Jiang Xuan. They seemed to be talking about something very important and didn't even look at him.

Finally, Jiang Zhou stopped his gaze on Chi Lan.

Xiao Chi Lan pulled the corners of her mouth, revealing a smile that was uglier than crying.

I can only blame myself for not looking away earlier, which is why my senior brother caught me in the act. I said bitterly, "Senior brother is right."

Jiang Zhou narrowed his eyes: "What am I saying?"

Chi Lan wanted to escape, but she didn't dare to, so she answered with all her strength: "Whatever Senior Brother said is right."

He is a master and the youngest apprentice, and among his senior brothers, he is the youngest junior brother.

Can say, dare to say, is it the master who is disliked, or is it Senior Brother Jiang who is disliked... Does he want to get involved? ! An Xin saw Chi Lan almost lowered his head under the table, and finally felt guilty, cleared his throat, and said, "Are you full?"

Chi Lan suddenly raised his wrinkled little face and nodded quickly. The teacher was going to rescue him.

"After you're full, I'll take you to collect the debts," An Xin said, "Carry the imperial edict from Emperor Bei Ming, and let's go."

"Humph! I knew you favored him," Jiang Zhou said jealously, "I knew you were fickle, and these new disciples are the only ones left in your heart."

An Xin pulled the corner of his mouth and rolled his eyes. He was already so old...

Thinking that there would still be more trouble if he didn't kill this guy, An Xin raised the corner of his mouth and smiled faintly.

Leng Xiangbai felt bad. If he said something offensive to someone and irritated him, the person who could make him angry to death would not be his junior brother Jiang.

Before Leng Xiangbai could stop him, Jiang Zhou said heartlessly and arrogantly: "If you like these little disciples so much, why did you accept us then?!"

An Xin stroked his chin and said slowly, "Besides filling in the gaps, what else can I do?!"

"You you you..." Jiang Zhou's face turned red and his neck became thick. He left in shame and anger.

"I knew it would be like this," Leng Xiangbai held his forehead with his hand.

An Xin also shook his head helplessly, stood up and said to Leng Xiangbai, "Go check on him. Be careful of that guy's sharp tongue. If he runs out and offends someone again, he will suffer again."

Leng Xiangbai nodded, "I know."

An Xin ignored the curious looks of others.

How could they know Jiang Zhou's temper? An Xin didn't say a word to him. This guy was very...

After dinner, we left the restaurant.

An Xin led Chi Lan, who was carrying a banner carrying the imperial edict, past the residence of General Gu.

Chi Lan looked at the tightly closed vermilion door, turned around and said worriedly: "Teacher, there seems to be no movement from the Gu family?"

An Xin also glanced at the tightly closed vermilion door of the Gu family, looked up at the sun still hanging high in the sky, and raised the corners of his lips to reveal a faint smile.

"Why worry? At most at twilight hour, General Gu will definitely figure it out and return the silver to the national treasury. This is his best option."

As for whether General Gu had read the letter she sent in, he was furious and extremely annoyed.

An Xin said that those immoral things were done by him himself and had nothing to do with him.

In order to snatch his childhood sweetheart, stepmother, back from his absurd father, he even poisoned his own father to death.

He married a weak-willed woman who had no support from her parents.

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He secretly gave birth to the legitimate son and daughter of the Taiwei Mansion with his stepmother, and pretended that they were born to his wife, the Taiwei's wife, who was just a tool.

Just based on what General Gu did.

To gain money, or to be disgraced and have his family's reputation ruined, it all depends on the choice made by General Gu.

An Xin dared to guarantee with his own life that as long as General Gu was not seriously ill, he would definitely choose to repay the considerable amount of loan from the national treasury.

Try every possible means to conceal what he had done.

If such a scandal were to be exposed, General Gu and the Gu family would be completely finished.

An Xin didn't believe that General Gu would not return the silver.

"The Mansion of Earl Chang'en." Chi Lan saw his teacher taking him around a street and standing in front of the gate of this mansion. He looked up at the plaque and read.

An Xin also looked at the words on the plaque, which gave him a powerful feeling as if it were as vast as the sky and could penetrate people's hearts.

Most of these plaques of noble families were written by the emperor himself when he conferred titles, or they were copied and carved from plaques bestowed by the emperor.

These noble families cherish and respect this plaque very much.

As long as this plaque is hung on their door, it represents the symbol of their status and power.

“Boom boom boom…”

Chi Lan went forward and knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered.

Looking at the tightly closed door, An Xin guessed that the people inside already knew that they were at the door and were here to collect debts from their family.

An Xin was not wrong. Ever since she went out to collect debts in the morning, each family had sent people to keep an eye on her.

Just now, when her teacher and student were coming in this direction after dinner at the restaurant, an official who lived on this street and owed money to the national treasury closed the door of his house and ordered his servants not to open it.

The Chang'en Marquis' Mansion is an old-established family in the capital city of Beiming. Their ancestors once fought against Emperor Taizu of Beiming. How could they take An Xin, an envoy from a foreign country who came to collect debts, seriously?

Therefore, when they learned that she came to their house to knock on the door to collect a debt, all the masters in Chang Enbo's mansion curled their lips in disdain and ignored the teacher and student who were knocking on the door.

An Xin looked at the wealthy family in front of him, patted the stone lion head at the door, and his clear dark eyes rolled around.

Youyou said: "Since you don't open the door, don't blame me. You're welcome."