Chapter 42: Parade
Gu Feixue thought to herself, what a guy! She wasted her brain cells giving people advice, but not only did he not thank her, he even teased her.
He immediately crossed his arms across his chest and acted as if he didn't intend to pay any attention to Yuchi Shuo.
Seeing this, Yuchi Shuo still had a smile in his eyes:
"I mean, what do you think of this Zong Hao?"
Gu Feixue pretended not to hear and looked at the ceiling.
Yuchi Shuo had no choice but to look at Gu Tingchuan:
"Since your sister doesn't know, then you, as her brother, should tell her."
Gu Tingchuan thought for a moment and spoke cautiously:
"It seems that this Zong Hao must have connections within the imperial court."
Yuchi Shuo showed an expression of approval in his eyes, but deliberately said:
"It seems that you, as a brother, are indeed smarter than your sister."
Upon hearing this, Gu Feixue rolled her eyes rudely.
After the two came out of Yuchi Shuo's residence, they saw Qian Youliang with a cloth stuffed in his mouth and hemp rope tied around his body, being escorted by Duke Zheng.
There is now enough food to feed the Liangcheng disaster victims for two months, so there is naturally no need to continue the performance.
However, it will take time to transport these grains out. If they are kept in the prefect's villa, which is not heavily guarded by soldiers, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no leakage.
These people would naturally have to be kept locked up until all the food was transported to a safe place.
Seeing Qian Youliang, Gu Feixue walked around him quickly with Gu Tingchuan with contempt on her face.
"Mmmmm! Mmmmm!"
What on earth were these people trying to do? His glass lamp!
Qian Youliang still doesn't know that he has been deceived. It is the existence of the glass lamp that makes him have no doubts at all.
Even though he was tied up, he could only guess, could it be that this mysterious man wanted to shirk his debt and embezzle the glass lamp?
the next day.
The man from the capital, who was the subject of much discussion, left Liangcheng overnight.
And many wealthy businessmen who were originally invited to live in the prefect's villa also returned to their homes.
It is said that after those people returned, they smashed a lot of things, saying that they were cheated of their food by the mysterious man.
What Liang Jianwei did not expect correctly was that the entire Liangcheng city had been plagued by a lot of public resentment due to the grain hoarding incidents openly carried out by many wealthy businessmen in recent days.
Of course, this time the people were not complaining about the incompetence of the prefect, but about the merchants who hoarded grain.
That night, some people threw black mud and feces on the shops of these wealthy businessmen.
For a while, it turned out that most of the wealthy businessmen could only stay out of the spotlight.
The most unlucky one among them was Qian Youliang. Even though he recovered his money in the end, some of the grain he collected in the neighboring city was still above the market price. Adding the round-trip fare, he lost a total of fifty taels of silver!
He had a total of 150 taels of grain, but in the end he only received 100 taels of compensation, not to mention the livestock!
What does fifty taels mean? It is equal to the expenses of an ordinary family of five for ten years, and even equal to the price of a shop in a good location in the city!
Moreover, his restaurant was the one that suffered the most damage from others. It was basically impossible to open. The mud and feces on the walls were poured on and dried, and then poured on again and dried. No matter who shoveled them away, they couldn't get them off!
At that time, people on the street saw that he took people to take more than 20 boxes of food from the restaurant, and now he had suffered the most serious losses among everyone.
The others, however, were hiding in their houses and farms like cowards, acting like scoundrels! Just wait! Qian Youliang would never lose so much money!
He must make these people pay the price!
Especially the prefect Liang Jianwei. Thinking that the other party was just a puppet prefect whose power was stripped away, Qian Youliang instantly figured out a countermeasure.
"Come in, dog slave!"
Then a servant with a bruised face and nose and a white cloth wrapped around his head came in from outside.
He looked vaguely like the person who had suggested Qian Youliang donate grain. After Qian Youliang was released, the first thing he did was to vent his anger, and the target of his anger was naturally the servant who had instigated him to donate grain.
"Order the news that the disaster in Liangcheng is entirely due to the prefect Liang Jianwei embezzling grain allocated by the court and selling it to merchants."
If Qian Youliang can't have a good life, no one else can have an easy life.
However, what Qian Youliang didn't know was that after he was released, his every move was being monitored by Duke Zheng's men.
As soon as Duke Zheng got the news, he ordered people to arrest Qian Youliang.
The servants he ordered were also arrested and brought to court, attracting the attention of the entire city.
As a result, Qian Youliang was eventually paraded through the streets for the crimes of provoking trouble and defying the law.
Qian Youliang, who was arrested and paraded through the streets, finally became timid, but this timidity was only towards Duke Zheng.
But the black mud thrown at him during the parade still made him feel very angry, thinking that if Zong Hao had not revealed the news that he should collect the grain.
He would not be cheated out of food and paraded through the streets!
Thinking that the other party not only did not suffer any losses, but also that the public resentment did not affect Zong Hao, Qian Youliang felt extremely resentful.
A few days later, Qian Youliang was released, but this time he didn't dare let anyone spread rumors.
He brought all the servants in the house and rushed to the house where Zong Hao was.
Even the door was forced open, it was obvious that they had ill intentions.
Kang Cheng, who got the news, reported it to Duke Zheng, who thought it was a good thing.
It was just the right time for Qian Youliang to test Zong Hao's strength. If the two of them fought, it would save them a lot of trouble.
Here, Qian Youliang led his men into Zong Hao's house.
The other party seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time, drinking tea leisurely in the courtyard, without any sign of fear.
Qian Youliang was frightened by Zong Hao's appearance and thought that the other party was prepared, so he did not let the servants teach Zong Hao a lesson immediately.
"You knew I was coming to see you?"
Zong Hao was nearly forty years old, with a thin figure and dressed in a black robe. He was seen stroking his beard and sipping tea with a contented look on his face.
"Do you know? What if you don't know?"
Qian Youliang saw that the other party was still pretending, and he said angrily:
"Did you set me up on purpose?! Now everyone in Liangcheng treats me, Qian Youliang, like a pig or a dog. All this is because of you. I will make you pay the price today!"
Unexpectedly, Zong Hao just sneered: "Oh, you believed that deceptive trick and took the bait. Is this also my fault?"
Qian Youliang was even more furious after hearing this. So what if he believed it?! Didn’t everyone else believe it too?
"The other party has a glass lamp from the Western Regions. If you see it, you will believe it!"
Zong Hao's originally leisurely expression suddenly paused.
The next second, his gloomy triangular eyes stared at Qian Youliang:
"What glass lamp?"
Seeing Zong Hao finally losing control of himself, Qian Youliang was filled with anger and resentment. "A glass cup from the Western Regions! I can't be mistaken. Apart from a glass cup from the Western Regions, there's no other thing in the world that's so crystal clear."
Seeing that Qian Youliang didn't seem to be lying, Zong Hao finally put down the teacup in his hand. He squinted his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Why didn't other people see the glass lamp you mentioned?"
This time it was Qian Youliang's turn to be surprised. He was the only one who saw the glass lamp?
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