I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

Looking at the old acquaintance in front of him, Jiang Yuan gave a forced smile.

Ding Yin, he had cheated and deceived Prince Zhao out of one million taels of silver, and now when they meet again, he can't even protect himself.

"Jiang Yuan!"

The moment he saw Jiang Yuan, Ding Yin's voice rose eight octaves.

Jiang Yuan took a deep breath and quickly said, "Old Ding, I told you we were destined to meet. Look how we met here."

"What do you call this? This is destiny meeting you thousands of miles apart!"

"Really?" Ding Yin clasped his hands together and looked at Jiang Yuan with a hint of disdain.

"I'm really curious. Why did you come here instead of staying in Taiping County? Could it be that County Magistrate Jiang got a promotion and moved to the imperial capital to serve? That would be really cause for celebration!"

Jiang Yuan gave a bitter laugh and shook his head helplessly: "You guys are too uninformed. I came here involuntarily."

Ding Yin stared at Jiang Yuan for a while, then turned to look at his younger brother beside him.

The latter immediately understood, and then pressed a few times on the wall. A secret room suddenly appeared in front of him. The younger brother ran into the room and soon appeared in front of Ding Yin with a stack of papers.

"My lord, they are all here."

Ding Yin picked up the paper and looked at it. After a while, he suddenly looked at Jiang Yuan with a smile.

"County Magistrate Jiang is truly lucky to have boarded the Ning family's ship. I'm sure his future career will be a meteoric rise!"

"Nonsense! That's not happening!" Jiang Yuan stomped his feet and said.

"I came here out of necessity, and now I can't even protect myself!"

Ding Yin glanced at Jiang Yuan indifferently, then turned and walked towards the secret room on the side.

"County Magistrate Jiang, please come in and speak."

After a while, in the secret room, Jiang Yuan looked at Ding Yin with a wry smile: "Old Ding, I wonder if the Crown Prince has arrived?"

Ding Yin poured himself a glass of water and said, "Your Highness is not here. I am in charge of this place now."

Jiang Yuan smiled stiffly, this time he was done for.

I already had a grudge against him, and now he has come to my door. There is no way to resolve the situation today unless I trick Ding Yin into going over.

"Magister Jiang, let's talk about our grievances." Ding Yin said with a playful look.

"How can we have any grudges against each other? Didn't we get along very happily in Taiping County?" Jiang Yuan said.

Ding Yin's face darkened visibly.

joy?

You took one million taels of silver from us, and you are happy, but we lost everything!

"I give you three choices. First, hand over the money to me. Since you opened the city gate to let the prince in and fought desperately, I will spare your life."

"Second, I'll knock you out and ask the Bai family for one million taels of silver."

"Third, if you don't say anything within a quarter of an hour, I will assume you chose option two."

The corners of Jiang Yuan's mouth twitched violently. What the hell is the difference?

"Do we have to do this?" Jiang Yuan said softly.

Ding Yin sneered twice and looked at Jiang Yuan: "You don't think this is still your Taiping County, do you?"

Jiang Yuan spread his hands and said, "It's definitely not here, but you have to figure it out."

"First of all, it's already confirmed that the Yang family wants to kill me, and the Ning family might also take action."

"If you kill me, the two families will definitely come looking for me. If they find out about you, it will be hard to say what will happen then."

Ding Yin waved his hand nonchalantly, "Stop it, Magistrate Jiang. Since we dare to open our stronghold here, don't you know what's going on?"

Jiang Yuan's mind moved. Indeed, although the Farewell Coffin Shop was hidden, it was not difficult for someone to investigate.

But it has not been discovered until now. There must be someone behind him, and his level is not low.

"Wait a minute!" Jiang Yuan suddenly stretched out his hand.

Ding Yin looked at Jiang Yuan in confusion. These were all his people, so what tricks could Jiang Yuan play?

"Ding Yin, let me ask you, what is the most important thing in life?"

“What’s the most important thing in doing business?”

Ding Yin pondered for a moment, then said decisively, "Integrity."

Jiang Yuan nodded. "That's right, it's honesty. Let me ask you, I came to you to do business, and you threatened to kill me. Do you think you are honest?"

"Besides, what good would it do you to kill me? Moreover, I've already told everyone here today that if I don't make it back, your location will be known directly to Chen Liu, the head of the Eastern Depot."

Jiang Yuan spoke calmly. After his speculation about Wang Chen that night, the pseudonym Wei Yong was completely untenable.

Jiang Yuan casually asked Lao Bai and basically knew everything.

Ding Yin frowned, seeming to be hesitant.

After a while, Ding Yin seemed to have made up his mind: "I can spare your life, but the 100,000 taels of silver you deposited with us will be gone."

"leave here."

After saying this, Ding Yin turned around and left.

Jiang Yuan sighed helplessly, one hundred thousand taels of silver was no big deal.

According to the original idea, the worst that could happen was to spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and let these killers fight the Yang family's assassins.

But now, it is simply a case of losing both the wife and the army.

Big loss!

After coming out of the coffin shop, Jiang Yuan became more and more angry.

"Sir, please calm down. You have lost one hundred thousand taels of silver in one night. No matter how wealthy you are, it is not enough to sustain such a loss!" Li Hu said with a painful look on his face.

"Come with me!"

Jiang Yuan gritted his teeth and glared at the coffin shop.

I don't believe that I can't control you!

After a while, Jiang Yuan threw a piece of paper covered with words in it, and then fled with Li Hu.

After returning to the Bai family, Jiang Yuan fell asleep immediately. He was going to leave the city tomorrow, and he couldn't run away without getting enough rest.

The next morning, Jiang Yuan got up early, which was rare for him. Amidst the puzzled looks of the servants, he wrote piece of paper after piece of paper and asked people to buy them. In just one morning, he had bought a lot of large and small bags.

"That's all. We've done everything we can. Now it all depends on God's will."

After everyone finished breakfast, Jiang Yuan and his group prepared to set off.

Bai Jingyun and Bai Wei, brother and sister, naturally would not go along. This trip was too dangerous, and it was obviously not suitable for the two of them to travel together.

As for the people traveling with Jiang Yuan, they were Jiang Pingyang, Zhao Kai, Li Hu, Wang Gang, as well as Qin Tianzhu, Ershazi and other bandit leaders.

Bai Wei followed Jiang Yuan along the street.

"Don't worry, I will definitely be able to go back alive." Jiang Yuan said softly.

Bai Wei hummed, then looked forward: "I remember there seems to be a temple up ahead, why don't we go in and worship."

Jiang Yuan waved his hand nonchalantly: "No need, a person as blessed as me doesn't need to go in."

"Besides, a gentleman does not speak of strange things."

"Yeah, that's right. Then I'd better not go." Bai Wei nodded.

"By the way, what temple is that ahead?" Jiang Yuan asked casually.

"The Temple of the God of Wealth." Bai Wei answered.

"and many more!"

Jiang Yuan suddenly stopped and looked forward seriously.

"If it's a temple dedicated to the God of Wealth, then it's necessary to go in and worship."