Before Chen Qiu could say anything, Jixiang had already swung the whip in her hand, "Anyway, I'm taking this opportunity to take revenge. Your lord won't say anything even if I kill you. Humph, you're so stubborn. I'll teach you how to be stubborn. Look at how big your stomach is. Are you still pretending to be a loyal person?" Jixiang whipped everyone she said. She really hated the Zhou family. They were still here, but she couldn't take revenge on that dog official, so she wanted to use Ye Chen and the others to take revenge.
Chen Qiu watched Jixiang whipping Zhou Bingchang, but did not stop him. "Zhou Bingchang, you didn't say anything because you were afraid your master would send someone to kill you. But don't you think that you are already in our hands? Do you think your master will still trust you when you go back? Will Fuxia still trust you as much as before? Or do you have enough confidence that your plan can succeed?"
"Do you know why we've never met before? We even boarded the ship to rescue you at the beginning, but now we're torturing you? Aren't you curious about how we knew you were Fu Xia's man?"
Shen Qiu smiled and said, "Of course you have one of our people around you."
"Okay, Sister Jingxin, Jixiang, we've already said hello, let's go. It's almost dawn and we've been busy all night. We'll reach Guangwu in the afternoon. You can just light some poison in this room and throw them into the river when they are dead. Otherwise, we'll have to take them with us, which is very troublesome." Chen Qiu said this with all his heart, but the people who heard it were frightened.
After a brief period of immersion, the Zhou family began to curse and cry, of course, directed at Zhou Bingchang.
"Master, which woman is worth sacrificing your entire family's lives?" It was Mrs. Zhou's voice.
"Dad, tell them that I don't want to die yet." It was Zhou Wanru's voice.
"Shut up? Do you think they will let us go if I tell them? Even if they let us go, that woman won't let us go either. Do you think I don't want to live a peaceful life?" Zhou Bingchang roared there. The martial arts he had practiced for more than twenty years were all destroyed by Jingxin in less than a quarter of an hour. If that woman came to find them, they would all die.
"Okay, I'll give you a quarter of an hour to discuss it. But you are right, you will die whether you tell the truth or not. But your wife and daughter, as long as they haven't done the same thing as you, I will plead with the adults to save them. You can do whatever you want." Chen Qiu left a word and went out with Jixiang and Jingxin.
"Jixiang, have you vented enough?" Chen Qiu asked Jixiang while putting his arm around her shoulders.
"No, if I hadn't asked you to help me take revenge on that bastard official, I would have stabbed them to death just now." Jixiang was still gritting his teeth when he said this. Yes, such a happy family was broken up like that. Anyone would hate those people so much.
A quarter of an hour later, the people in the house called out, "Hey, is there anyone outside? Our master has figured it out."
Chen Qiu and the others smiled at each other and pushed the door open again. "Oh? Have you thought about it? Tell me about it?"
Zhou Bingchang looked at Chen Qiu and said, "I need to see someone here who can speak with me, otherwise I won't say anything."
Jixiang ran to find Ye Chen and the others. Ye Chen glanced at the tied-up man on the ground, then sat on the chair where Chen Qiu had just sat. "Zhou Bingchang, you are the money bag of the Phoenix Society in Fuxia. You own money houses, restaurants, casinos, and brothels that are almost all over the southern border, right? These businesses not only provide money to the Phoenix Society, but also help them pass on information, right? You are also very smart. In order to conceal your tracks, none of these are under your name, but you are the one who manages them. If all these things were under your name, you would be considered the richest man in the entire Great Yin." Zhou Bingchang listened to Ye Chen talking about his own affairs. He thought he had hidden it very well and the court could not find out about him, but now it seems that he was really deceiving himself.
"Oh, tell me what you want to know. I haven't been able to sleep well for so many years. I'm exhausted both physically and mentally. I'll tell you whatever you want to know, but I want to stay alive. What you said is gone, and as long as I'm alive, it will come back."
Ye Chen raised the corner of his mouth slightly. It was not a loss to exchange his life for the information he knew, but, "I want to see if what you provided is worth your life. Also, the kerosene you collected was directly transported to Wuzhou, right? Your target this time is the treasure of the previous dynasty, right?" Ye Chen kept staring at Zhou Bingchang when he asked these questions.
The shock in Zhou Bingchang's eyes betrayed him, and Ye Chen also confirmed his thoughts. It seemed that the events of the previous life would happen earlier again. He hoped that he could stop the turmoil this time.
"It turns out that you have much more information than we thought. This is a battle that has no chance of winning." Zhou Bingchang smiled bitterly. In fact, according to the normal sources of information from the court, he knew very little. However, he could never have imagined that Ye Chen had experienced a lifetime, and of course he didn't know what price Ye Chen paid to know this information in his previous life.
"If I tell you everything I know, can it save our family's lives?" Zhou Bingchang said seriously.
"I can protect your wife and daughter, and you have to deal with them according to the law. However, your son has killed someone, and I can't protect him." Ye Chen told Zhou Bingchang frankly what he could do. In fact, Zhou Bingchang was just a businessman in his previous life. Although he had martial arts skills, the most he did for the Phoenix Society was to provide money.
Zhou Bingchang smiled bitterly and said, "Well, it's good to be able to protect them. I will tell you everything I know."
Zhou Bingchang told Ye Chen all the information he knew, and Ye Chen realized what kind of big fish he had encountered. Zhou Bingchang was equivalent to the Minister of Revenue in the court in the Phoenix Society. His ancestors had indeed been ministers of the Ministry of Revenue in Daxia, and doing business was passed down in his bones.
At the beginning of the afternoon, Ye Chen and his crew's boat docked at Guangwu Wharf. It gets dark very early in winter, and when they arrived, some restaurants had already started hanging lights.
When they were almost reaching Guangwu, Ye Chen and his group found a restaurant to have dinner. Ye Chen sent people to inquire about the county magistrate among the people. After coming out of the restaurant, he changed into official uniform, and the guards following him also changed back into the Black Cloud Guard uniforms. He was going to the government office as a second-rank governor.
"Master, Master" was the panicked cry of the servant outside.
In the room, Zhao Qingming was enjoying himself with his new concubine. He ignored the knocking on the door outside. The breathing of the beauty under him became heavier and heavier. Zhao Qingming finally roared and lay on top of the beauty. At this time, the knocking on the door outside continued.
"What are you arguing about? Don't you know I'm having a good time? Go to hell." Zhao Qingming still didn't move, and his hand reached under the beauty's body again.
"Master, the second-rank governor is already sitting in the main hall. Please hurry up!" The servant who was knocking on the door outside was already covered in cold sweat. He had never seen such a high-ranking official. The young man with sharp eyes made him want to kneel down when he saw him.
With a "bang", Zhao Qingming opened the door and came out.
"What did you just say? Second-rank governor?" Zhao Qingming walked towards the main hall while getting dressed.
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