Royal daughter-in-law makes money

Chapter 207

"I built this road and planted these trees. If you want to pass through here, you have to leave some money for passage!" Wan Ziliang jumped out from the mountain nearby and shouted in front of Zhou Chengzhi and others.

Zhou Chengzhi, who was thinking about his belongings, raised his head when he heard the voice. He saw a bearded man standing in front of him, holding a big knife, with a fierce look on his face and tattered clothes, blocking their way.

Zhou Chengzhi frowned. In order to avoid being caught up by Chu Yuqing and the others, he deliberately chose a small path. He didn't expect that there were bandits here.

"Hmph! If you know what's good for you, hand over your valuables quickly, or don't blame me for being rude!" Banqingzheng's voice was hoarse and low, but it made Zhou Chengzhi and the others feel a little restless.

How could there be bandits on this trail?

Zhou Chengzhi could also see that there were more people hiding behind Lan Banzheng and the others, and they were staring at the things on their transport vehicle with eager eyes.

Zhou Chengzhi's face darkened. He didn't know how many people were on the other side. Although they had a lot of manpower and good skills, they were outnumbered when they had to protect those things and fight against these people.

"My two good men, these things in my car are worthless. Look at these silver notes. Let me treat you to some wine!" Zhou Chengzhi took out two thousand taels of silver notes from his arms and wanted to give them to Wan Ziliang and the others.

Wan Ziliang pretended to be hesitant as he took the banknote. He flicked the corner of his mouth with his hand and smiled playfully: "That's all? You're sending away a beggar?"

Zhou Chengzhi's face darkened when he heard this. He didn't expect that this man was such a greedy and vicious person. Two thousand taels of silver was enough to support many families.

"Brothers, look, this gentleman looks down on us?" Before Zhou Chengzhi could say anything else, Wan Ziliang shouted to the people behind him.

"They just look down on us!" The "bandits" behind him echoed.

Zhou Chengzhi now knew that these bandits were deliberately making things difficult for them.

He took a deep breath and said calmly, "Calm down, my dear. To be honest, the things on the cart are of vital importance to me and are of no use to you. How about you all be so kind and I will double the silver?"

"Hey, brother, this guy has a lot of money on him!" Jiang Yi stood aside with an ambiguous smile on his face.

Zhou Chengzhi didn't expect that these people would not buy his account. At this time, he frowned and thought to himself, at worst, he could just give it a try. These people didn't seem to have much ability.

Although there are not many of them, they are all skilled and may be able to knock these people down quickly.

"My dear heroes, as long as you let us go, these banknotes will be yours. But if you try to snatch them away by force, we will definitely fight back vigorously. It will be hard to say who will come out on top then." Seeing that being soft was not working, Zhou Chengzhi took out another stack of banknotes from his arms and said to them.

Several people looked at each other. In the past, they would have chosen to take the banknotes and leave, but this time, no, their target was those things.

After all, those people behind them were not really their brothers, but soldiers of the Chu Yuan Kingdom.

"Banknotes? Of course we like them." Wan Ziliang walked up to Zhou Chengzhi, snatched the banknotes from his hand, and said with a smile.

Seeing that these people accepted his banknotes, Zhou Chengzhi felt relieved, thinking that this matter was considered to be a way out of trouble.

He didn't care about that little bit of money at all.

"But compared to money, we prefer the pleasure of robbery, especially robbing people like you who seem noble but are actually greedy and incompetent. Brothers, go ahead!" Wan Ziliang turned around and waved his hand, shouting to the people behind him.

Following Wan Ziliang's order, the soldiers disguised as bandits rushed forward and fought fiercely with Zhou Chengzhi's men.

Zhou Chengzhi didn't expect that these bandits would take his banknotes and rob him of his things.

Chu Haojue hid aside, paying attention to the situation here.

He thought that Zhou Chengzhi had made a fool of their Chu Yuan Kingdom, so today he would return the favor to him.

Originally, Zhou Chengzhi thought that these people were just ordinary farmers and were not to be feared at all.

But when the real battle started, Zhou Chengzhi was shocked.

He soon realized that his men were no match for these people.

These people don't look like bandits at all, but rather like well-trained soldiers.

Soon Zhou Chengzhi realized that the situation was not good. Although those things were important, they were the property of the Lin'an Palace. Compared to those things, if he was caught by them, it would cause greater trouble. Then, Zhou Chengzhi quickly called on his men to retreat: "Retreat!"

Watching Zhou Chengzhi's back as he left with his men.

"Sir, should we chase them?" Wan Ziliang asked Qingyudao who was standing beside him.

"Don't chase the desperate enemy, they can't escape!" Qingyu naturally knew where they were going, it was nothing more than meeting with the envoys from the Xijing Kingdom.

Their Highness had already made arrangements for these.

As the people left, Chu Haojue also walked out from behind.

He reached out and opened a box, only to see that it was filled with gold ingots.

Their Chu Yuan Kingdom prepared a total of five transport vehicles, each with five large boxes.

Looking at the wheels of the transport truck deeply stuck in the mud, you can tell that each large box is filled to the brim.

Although Chu Haojue knew that not all boxes contained gold ingots, the contents of each box must be of great value.

"Let's secretly transport these things back first." Chu Haojue said.

"Your Highness has so many things. It may not be easy to transport them back secretly?" Qingfeng said with a frown.

"What actions has Princess Lin'an taken in the imperial city?" Chu Haojue asked again.

"When Princess Lin'an found out her mansion had been robbed, she fainted from anger," Qingfeng said.

"He fainted already? Why doesn't he go find someone?" Chu Haojue thought to himself that Chu Yuqing was too useless.

"I've been looking for him. I've been waiting at the palace gate for a whole day, but I haven't seen the Third Prince come out!" Qingfeng said with a smile.

"It's not easy for him to meet the Third Prince. Find a way to give them a message and say that he saw the envoys from Xijing Kingdom outside the city." Chu Haojue said.

"Your Highness, what should we do if they realize that we have tricked them?" Qingfeng frowned, not understanding why his master wanted the two of them to be together?

Before Chu Haojue could tell why he came, Wan Ziliang walked over tremblingly.

"Second...Second Prince, these are the banknotes that the man just gave me. They are all here!" Wan Ziliang said a little nervously.

It’s not that he didn’t want to keep the silver for himself, but everyone had just seen it, and his eldest brother and third brother had also said that the silver should be given to the Second Prince.

"That's quite a lot!" Chu Haojue took a glance and saw that there was at least four thousand taels of silver.