In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

There were enough stools, and after everyone sat down, after a while many servants came up to serve them tea and cakes.

Bai Lu and Shen Congyun just drank a few sips of tea and ate some cakes.

Some of the wealthy businessmen also drank tea and ate a few bites of cakes.

They were all very hungry during this period and had not eaten much good food, so the pastries were quite delicious.

But...some people moved the pastries, some didn't, and most people didn't move them.

They dare not, for fear of poisoning.

Some wealthy families couldn't help but ask, "How dare you eat food from Liangzhou Prefecture? What if there's poison in it?!"

Bai Lu and Shen Congyun smiled when they heard this.

What kind of poison? We haven't told them how much money and food they have to take yet, so we will definitely not kill them now.

Even if you want to poison him, you have to wait until you have taken all the food and silver before killing him.

The two of them were very calm.

This immediately caused the people who were watching this scene from behind to smile deeply.

"...those two are amazing."

"Who are they?"

An elegant man in his 30s pointed at Bai Lu and Shen Congyun.

He was wearing a dragon robe and looked of distinguished status. He must be a prince in the court.

Lin Canghai said: "In reply to His Royal Highness King Cheng, the young lady sitting here is the White Lady who runs the Seven Fairies Milk Tea Shop."

"The young man next to her with a wound on his mouth is the head of the Shen family and the richest man in Xiangshan Town."

"They are the two people you mentioned earlier who bought out all the rice shops in advance."

"Oh, they are very clever."

King Cheng smiled and then slowly walked out from the darkness.

As soon as he walked out, everyone's eyes were focused on him.

If Liangzhou was not a very remote place, some wealthy people who had been to Kyoto and had some status might be able to recognize who the person in front of them was.

He is the emperor's illegitimate brother, King Cheng.

He was a prince who was not very famous in Kyoto before.

However, even if no one knew him, everyone could tell from the dragon robe he wore that his identity and status were extraordinary.

When everyone saw him, there was a moment of silence, and a series of gasps were heard one after another.

At this time, no one dared to sit down, and they all stood up quickly.

Oh my god, it seems they have met the main figure of this rebellion...

Bai Lu glanced at the prince, took a deep breath, and she also started to get nervous.

He seems to look... not much like the young prince. The prince has an ordinary look, just an ordinary face, and it seems difficult to tell him apart if thrown into a crowd.

The little prince is so handsome, why is he so ugly? Is it because his mother is ugly? The emperor should not be ugly.

Bai Lu was having all sorts of random thoughts in her mind, trying her best not to think about dangerous things.

Suddenly, King Cheng said very gently: "This young lady is quite unfamiliar to me. I wonder...what is her name?"

"..."

The young lady only has herself, and he is talking about herself.

Bai Lu was silent.

What do you mean by very unfamiliar? He has never seen me before, okay? !

However, she was the only woman among them, so it was normal for her to notice herself.

Bai Lu spoke slowly.

"My name is Bai Lu."

"...So, your name is Bai Lu."

"Jianjia is blue, white dew is frost."

“It’s a beautiful name.”

King Cheng said in admiration: "Your biological father and mother gave you this name. They must be very educated people. I wonder what your family background is like?"

Bai Lu answered truthfully: "My family has been farmers for three generations, and we are extremely poor and have little education."

"They probably gave me this name based on other people's advice."

Looking into Bai Lu's eyes, King Cheng smiled and waved his hand.

"Okay, okay, why are you so nervous?"

"Everyone, take a seat."

"I am not that serious. You can just chat with me as you would with your friends."

As he said this, he asked Shen Congyun who was standing next to Bai Lu in a very friendly manner, "What's the name of this gentleman?"

"I know Lady Bailu's name, but I don't know yours."

Shen Congyun was silent for a moment, then replied: "My name is Shen Congyun."

After asking the names of several people one by one, he said in a very warm manner: "You have come from far away, and you are really tired and exhausted. Why don't we... have something delicious to eat?"

As he said this, he clapped his hands and said, "Let someone bring some delicious mountain food!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

There is a small table in front of each person, but on the table there is no delicacies, but a human finger.

"!!!!!!"

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but retching.

Moreover, the size and length of these fingers are not consistent.

It seemed to have been cut from the hands of different people.

What was placed in front of Bai Lu was probably the finger of a little girl, who was probably about ten years old... She suddenly felt physically nauseous.

She was so disgusted that she vomited on the ground.

Shen Congyun could still hold it in, but when he saw her vomit, he couldn't hold it in anymore.

Everyone was like this, and a pungent smell instantly filled the hall.

Everyone vomited.

After vomiting, King Cheng showed a warm smile.

But this smile, in everyone's eyes at this moment... really looks like a devil, extremely terrifying and disgusting.

King Cheng smiled and said, "I didn't expect that everyone would not like the delicacies I prepared for you."

"I don't know, what do you want?"

"No, I can prepare anything else you want to eat."

"Anyway, we have all the ingredients. They are on... the bodies of everyone in the hall. You can eat whoever's hand you like. You can cut off any part, including ears and eyes, at any time."

"!!!"

Bai Lu listened to this, glanced at King Cheng, and roughly guessed his purpose.

Shen Congyun and Bai Lu looked at each other at this time, and they both guessed it at the same time.

So that’s it… So that’s it.

Some of the wealthy businessmen were so frightened at this scene that they almost died.

He crawled out in a panic, kowtowed to King Cheng and begged for mercy: "Your Highness King Cheng, Your Highness King Cheng, please spare me, please don't kill me!"

"Don't cut off parts of my body. I...how can we go home to see our parents, wives and children like this?!"

"Yes, I have a three-year-old baby, and he just learned to call me dad not long ago!"

"Please forgive us, Your Highness King Cheng, please forgive us!"

"..."

I saw a man coming out to beg for mercy.

The next two, three, four... people came out in groups and knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Beg for mercy from King Cheng.

More and more people begged him for mercy.

But King Cheng remained unmoved.

Bai Lu and Shen Congyun did not move at all.

They were the only two of the few people who remained motionless, and there were only about ten people sitting there.

Those ten or so were basically wealthy businessmen, or people with unique vision who made their fortunes through unconventional means.

Bai Lu and Shen Congyun were both silent. They both understood what King Cheng meant, so they knew that begging for mercy was useless.

Don't forget why King Cheng called them here this time. He called them here to get food and money.

In that case, why did they bring them such an appetizer to give them a warning? Wasn't it just to get more money?

Well, it is very likely that - the parts of the body are clearly marked with prices, and if you want to protect yourself, you need to be willing to give up a lot of money, and then you can leave.

"..."

King Cheng glanced at Shen Congyun and Bai Lu with interest in his eyes, "You two are really calm..."

"As expected, I was optimistic about you from the beginning."

"Why don't you tell me... White Lady, why do I present you with these delicacies?"

"???"

Bai Lu was stunned.

She didn't expect that King Cheng would ask her to come out and speak.

Bai Lu's brain froze for a moment, then she immediately stood up with no expression on her face.

But in fact she was so panicked that cold sweat started to appear on her forehead.

I don’t know whether I am right or wrong...how will King Cheng behave?

But who can care about so many things now? Whether it’s life or death, let’s talk about it first.

If you don't say it, you will die faster.

Live if you live, and forget it if you die...it's all fate.

Bai Lu said bluntly: "Your Highness, King Cheng, we don't want to eat these delicacies, and we don't want us... to be eaten as these delicacies. I wonder if Your Highness, King Cheng, can do anything?"

"Do you have any idea that can help us get out of this situation?"

"Ha ha ha ha."

King Cheng was delighted when he heard the olive branch being thrown out, "You are a man of taste!"

"You haven't forgotten why you came here... Well, I'll tell these idiots!"

"You will hand over 20% of your wealth. If it's less than 20%, then I'll leave you with your ears, hands and feet! Depending on how much money you leave, I'll chop off some of your body parts!"

"If there is very little money left, then it is very likely that all the hands, feet, arms and legs will be chopped off."

"So you should think about it carefully and tell us, how much is this 20% of silver?"

Twenty percent of the money? Everyone looked at each other and then showed joyful expressions.

Among them, the wealth of most of the richest people in the town is about 3 to 5 taels of silver. Twenty percent of the silver should be 1 taels.

The richest man in the county had about 10 taels.

Immediately, a wealthy businessman said, "I will leave 1 taels of silver. I wonder if you can let me go... and let me go home."

"Where are you from?"

The prince asked.

"Your Excellency, I am the richest man in Xinghua Town."

"Xinghua Town... should be a wealthy businessman under Huai County, right? Your last name should be Liu, right?"

"OK."

As he spoke, King Cheng waved his hand and asked the guards to bring a list.

After he took it, he immediately smiled and said, "You are wrong. You should be dragged down and have your hands and feet chopped off."

"Mr. Liu, your total wealth is a full 25 taels of silver."

"So, you should at least take out 5 taels of silver."

Mr. Liu’s expression changed drastically: “This, this, this???”

"Even if we sell the little one and the whole family, we still can't raise 50,000 taels!"

"My whole family is worth only 40,000 taels of silver!"

The richest man in Xinghua Town, Mr. Liu, was horrified. He broke out in a cold sweat and immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, I... I really don't have so much silver, I really don't have so much silver."

"I really can't raise this much money... Please don't cut off my hands or my feet..."

"I......"

"I...oh don't pull me! Can't I just move?!"

"Help!!!"

However, no matter what he said, it was of no use.

The guards came and dragged him away.

Everyone watched him being dragged away, and then a scream was heard.

As a stream of blood splattered, his screams stopped abruptly.

......After that, he probably had no breath and the man was not dragged up.

Bai Lu and the others were silent, deeply shocked.

This King Cheng... is far more ruthless than they imagined.

They only had so little silver, and yet... he made them pay it all.

It is said to be 20%, but in fact it is all.

At this time, it depends on everyone's luck.

If someone is lucky and has saved up some property privately, they may be able to leave some money.

If someone is unlucky, it will be the end of them.

They all had no idea how much Bai Lu's industry would be.

But she owns a rice shop, so maybe she will have to pay a lot of rice.

It’s okay, it’s just rice, she can just buy it from the system mall.

Bai Lu frowned, her heart was beating fast... She didn't know how much they wanted her and Shen Congyun to pay? !

After becoming the king, he looked at these wealthy businessmen, smiled at them and said, "Two percent... isn't that a bit too much for everyone?!"

"If everyone feels that they can't afford it, then 15% is actually a good option."

"Then you wealthy merchants... I'll just round it up to an even number, whether you borrow, steal, rob, or even share it with other wealthy merchants! Anyway, you wealthy merchants must round up 4 taels of silver for me!"

"The richest man in town, like Bai Lu Bai Niangzi, must have 4 taels!"

"The richest man in the county has 8 taels!"