The people in Anzhou City were in panic, and the managers of merchants went to the villages outside the city to recruit people. Compared with the victims of the disaster, they were more willing to trust the villagers who had their own homes.
The price of thirty taels of silver for a strong man was offered, and many villagers were tempted, but what would the village do if the strong man left?
The parties were arguing and quarreling.
Kang Yueran returned to Anzhou City to take her family to the mountains. While Huang and the others were packing up, she went to the He family and asked them what their plans were and whether they wanted to go with her to the mountains for a while.
After hearing this, He Yifan was very grateful and said that he had hired a lot of security guards and would not go up the mountain anymore.
Kang Yueran didn't force him and said goodbye and left.
Back on the mountain, Kang Yueran was not idle either. She and Xu Jiushi discussed how to strengthen the defense.
The White Tiger and the Wolf King also came out of the space. The Wolf King went home to summon the wolf pack to be ready to come and help at any time.
The white tiger has been following Kang Yueran. It is an adult and one-third larger than an ordinary tiger. It looks very scary.
Even though Kang Yueran said the white tiger would not hurt anyone, the people on the mountain still did not dare to approach it.
It was precisely because of the white tiger and the wolf pack that the people on the mountain felt much more at ease. They continued to work as usual without panicking.
Liao Changsheng wanted to cooperate with Zhao Xue, and coincidentally, Zhao Xue also wanted to cooperate with Liao Changsheng.
Zhao Xue had killed so many people, and he knew very well that once the imperial court came, they would come to settle accounts with him. He was eager to find a backer, and Liao Changsheng was a good springboard. Liao Changsheng was the highest official in Anzhou, and he also had a daughter in the Eastern Palace.
Zhao Xue had a good plan. He first got close to Liao Changsheng, and then used Liao Changsheng to get close to the prince.
So, the two people, each with their own ulterior motives, sat together in Liao Changsheng's study.
Mr. Feng first talked about Zhao Xue’s evil deeds, and then asked Zhao Xue how he planned to end it.
Zhao Xue put one foot on the chair, looking nonchalant. "Sir, there's no need to test me. Although I've studied for a few years, I'm still a rough man at heart and don't understand the twists and turns of you scholars.
Since the governor has invited me here, it would be best to speak frankly."
Mr. Feng didn't want to beat around the bush with Zhao Xue, so he showed Zhao Xue the prince's secret letter.
"The Crown Prince will be coming to provide disaster relief soon, but the court can't come up with the money, so they asked Dong Weng to find a solution. Dong Weng asked the merchants to donate, but after what happened with Boss Zhao, no one is willing to contribute now."
Zhao Xue was so excited that he was about to doze off when someone brought him a pillow. "The Crown Prince is coming? Is a mere Anzhou official enough to alarm His Royal Highness?"
"Who dares to impersonate the Crown Prince's seal? Besides, Dong Weng's daughter is in the Eastern Palace. If the court sends someone else to provide disaster relief, Dong Weng, the governor of Anzhou, will inevitably be held accountable. Only if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince comes in person can Dong Weng be guaranteed safety."
Zhao Xue knew about the relationship between Liao Changsheng and the prince. "What do you want me to do?"
Liao Changsheng spoke up, "I want you to find a way to get money from the merchants. When the Crown Prince comes, I can introduce you to him. If you help him, he will naturally protect you. Otherwise, based on what you've done, killing you ten times wouldn't be enough."
Zhao Xue pretended to hesitate for a moment, "Alright, it's His Royal Highness who's short of money. How does Lord Liao expect me to ask the merchants for money?"
How to get it? Besides snatching it away, how else can Zhao Xue get it?
Both of them knew what was going on. Liao Changsheng said, "That's your business. I just want to see the silver the day after tomorrow."
"The day after tomorrow? That's too urgent. I need five days."
A fast horse only takes a day and a half to travel from the capital to Anzhou. "Five days is too long. You're going to do it tomorrow night, so why would you need five days? Are you trying to shirk responsibility?"
If we start tomorrow night, there won't be enough time to plan, and casualties will be high. "I have to find out who has the money."
Liao Changsheng's face turned cold. "You haven't just arrived in Anzhou yet, why do you need to ask? The richest family in Anzhou is naturally the Ou family."
Since they are the richest people, they naturally know that they are the biggest fat sheep. So the Ou family must have hired a lot of people to protect themselves. "The Ou family is not okay, we can choose two families..."
Mr. Feng interrupted Zhao Xue and said, "Just rob the Ou family. The head of the Ou family is a miser. He has seven or eight warehouses in his house, and each of them is filled with gold, silver and treasures."
This moved Zhao Xue. With so much treasure, some of it would surely trickle down to him. With the money and connections to the crown prince, there was no way he couldn't collect a ton.
"Alright! As long as the 1,000 city guards in Anzhou City don't go to help the Ou family, I will live up to the trust of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Lord Liao."
He changed the subject and continued, "I heard that the bandits in Qingping Mountain have also committed a lot of murder and robbery. I wonder if the 1,000 city guards will be free to go and wipe out those bandits tomorrow night?"
The head of the city defense force was Han Xiu, a military official. Han Xiu and Liao Changsheng were not on the same page. Liao Changsheng immediately promised, "Tomorrow night, a thousand city defense troops will be sent to encircle and suppress Qingping Mountain."
Both parties are very satisfied!
Mr. Feng's heart was beating fast. "Then you should move the gold, silver and jewelry to the Haihe River outside the city tomorrow night. We will load it onto a ship and ship it to the neighboring Mingzhou Prefecture to exchange it for silver. You should understand that we have to exchange it for silver."
If the news got out that the prince was using jewels stolen from merchants to provide disaster relief, it would be a huge trouble.
Zhao Xue naturally understood, "Okay! Then I'll follow your orders. We'll meet at the Haihe River outside the city at the end of the first hour tomorrow night."
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