The three people finally arrived at their destination. There were many people guarding the door, but they were not from the East Palace.

This attic was built magnificently, with its red paint dyed with yellow light, making it look extremely luxurious. It was said that it was built by four big snobs who pooled their funds together and sent people to guard and maintain it all year round, so it looks like a newly built building.

Miss Dong said, "Wait a moment, I have to call out my female army first." Then she threw something into the sky, and it exploded like fireworks in an instant.

At this time, he saw someone coming out from the second floor. He lowered his eyes and looked down and said, "Is it Miss Dong and the Lord of West City?"

"That's right." Miss Dong responded.

A team came over. It was Miss Dong's female army. She told them, "Stay here and guard. I will come in as soon as I give the order."

There were nearly fifty women soldiers, all of whom were very disciplined and all agreed. This surprised the two men upstairs.

An Yan and Li Rongsen followed Miss Dong upstairs.

The two major forces of North Courtyard and South Suburb are controlled by two old men. Now they have not passed on the power to their descendants. I heard that they are afraid that their sons and daughters will be dragged down, so they dare not rest.

The old man in the north courtyard was the smartest. He said, "I haven't seen the city lord for a long time. I heard that he has become the target of public criticism recently. It shows that young people still lack experience in defending the city."

Old man Nan Jiao Nan looked very amiable. He said, "Maybe he just can't bear to see West City doing well. After all, Huashe Mountain is just a mountain. In the past, it was just the back garden of a few of us snobbish people. Years of resentment will eventually explode."

"Even if it is a back garden, it is the back garden of West City and has nothing to do with us." said the old man in the north yard, and he sounded unwilling to get involved.

When Miss Dong saw the man tied up in the corner, she said, "Leave that man to me."

"Of course. The people in the East Mansion will naturally be dealt with by the East Mansion." The old man in the southern suburbs nodded.

"It's a mess. The people in the city can't control their own house, and they still ask us for help." The old man in the north yard looked arrogant.

An Yan did not argue with him. She saw Qu He sitting on the side and asked him, "Qu He, what are you doing here today?"

"Quhe River is also an important transportation route, facilitating the traffic between West City and East Mansion. I came here just for this matter. No matter what, my bridge was not built in vain, and those boats were not built in vain. At least I have to pay some tolls." Qu He said with a smile.

"You are so shameless. You just forget about asking for so many good things from our Dong Mansion." Miss Dong sneered at her.

The old man from the North Courtyard also said, "I think our North Courtyard has given you a lot of materials, but now you are asking us for travel expenses."

"My contribution is not counted. I also need to eat and drink." Qu He was not convinced.

The old man from the southern suburbs said, "I don't usually go to the northern courtyard, so I don't need it."

Qu He rolled his eyes at him. He looked at Anyan and asked, "You are the city lord. Your opinion is always valued the most here. What do you think?"

"It is a great achievement to facilitate trade, and it is reasonable to collect some tolls, but you are asking for so much. It is not okay for each family to give half to support you. What is that?"

"You should pay the support fee every year, otherwise you will have to take a detour." Qu He said unconvinced.

"It's fine to let the merchants calculate the tolls. Besides, the ships are all borrowed from you, so it will be a considerable profit." Miss Dong said.

"If it weren't for me, you would be in a lot of trouble." Qu He refused to give in. He felt that he was at a disadvantage and had to make this money. Besides, he had no other place to make money. He was just that little bit of water in the middle.

"The fish, shrimp and aquatic products here all belong to your family. We all buy them from you. Moreover, the price of your aquatic products is getting higher every year, and it will increase a little bit every three months. That's enough." The old man in the north yard scolded him.

"You don't know my difficulties." Qu He said.

The four snobs stopped talking and started to exchange glances with each other, which made Qu He feel inexplicably panicked.

Miss Dong stopped talking about that topic. She patted the second housekeeper's face and asked him, "What do you think I should do with you?"

"Please spare my life, Miss. I won't dare to do it again."

"You are such a heartless person, you are now useless." Miss Dong said to her with a sneer.

The second housekeeper immediately said, "I have done a lot of good things for the young lady in the past. I was the one who took care of the expansion of the courtyard in the East Mansion two years ago. If I hadn't worked so hard to expand it, it would not be big enough to live in now."

"Your contributions are all remembered, but how should these things you have done be counted? Aren't they too much?" Miss Dong said as she looked towards Qu He and added, "You are asking for too much, so I naturally cannot keep you."

"No, no, no, sir, I was just bewildered for a moment." The second butler actually started crying.

"As a person, you should be more responsible. Don't take advantage of your achievements and start to shout. I have the ability to kill you." Miss Dong said to herself, then looked at An Yan and asked her, "What do you think?"

"As long as it's not excessive, everything can be negotiated. If it's excessive, we'll deal with it in an excessive way." An Yan said.

The old man in the north yard sneered and said, "I'm old. Why should I settle things peacefully? It would be more satisfying to have a fight!" He pushed the old man in the south yard who was sitting next to him.

The old man in the southern suburbs looked at Qu He and said, "Master Qu, that's enough. It won't benefit anyone if things get too tense."

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Qu He is not a fool. He certainly knows that Miss Dong's words are meant for him. If he provokes the four snobs to attack him, he will definitely be in trouble.

I think the four of them have surrounded me. If they start fighting together, it will be terrible.

An Yan took out a jade pendant from her waist and threw it in front of Qu He, saying, "Come, take a look. Is this yours?"

"This is the treasure of the Qu family. Where did you get it?" Qu He asked hurriedly.

An Yan said: "I got it by accident, and now I return it to its original owner, but you have to think carefully about what you just said and take it as it is."

Qu He frowned, looked around, and then said, "Let's sign a guarantee."

"What guarantee do you want to sign?" Miss Dong asked.

"A pledge of a peaceful alliance."

"If you don't do anything excessive, who would like to live on the water?" The old man in the north yard said with disdain.

Miss Dong also said: "Really, we are not fishermen, and we don't like to be fishermen."

The old man in the southern suburbs laughed and said, "I'm afraid I'll get rheumatism if I live on the water for too long. I don't like it either."

Qu He was not happy, but he did not dare to do anything. He said, "But I am indeed poor, so I have to get some help anyway."

Suddenly, countless arrows shot in, and one of them just hit the middle of the table. Miss Dong immediately whistled and ordered the female army to start fighting the enemy.

The guards from the North Courtyard and South Courtyard also came up.

Li Rongsen leaned close to An Yan, fearing that something might happen to her, and asked, "Were you ambushed?"

"They should be people from Huashe Mountain." An Yan said.

"Come out all you kids, let's settle the accounts today." The man who said this was very arrogant. He was sitting in a carriage, with several people around him setting up bows and crossbows, and a group of snobbish people lying on the side.