Farming and reading family

In his eyes, this was a very ordinary thing. It was an honor for whoever's things the Tao family took a fancy to.

When Tao Zhiyu saw Xu Boyan raising his fan and bowing, and leaning back to greet him, his posture was a bit arrogant.

Manager Lu and Xiao Xiang were quite polite, but the moment Manager Lu lowered his head and looked at Xu Boyan, his eyes flickered. Why did he feel that this Lord Xu looked so familiar?

"Sir Xu, this is just a small token of my appreciation." Tao Zhiyu said as he took out a stack of banknotes and handed them to Xu Boyan.

Xu Boyan glanced at the banknote and gestured for Bai Hao to take it. "I wonder what Mr. Tao wants."

Tao Zhiyu saw Xu Boyan accept the banknote with a relaxed look on his face. "It's not a big deal. I just wanted to ask Mr. Xu where the Black Bone Stone and Exquisite Stone in your county came from and who owns them."

Xu Boyan frowned slightly: "How come I have never heard of these two kinds of stones?"

Tao Zhiyu saw that Xu Boyan didn't seem to be lying: "Could it be that someone is mining illegally in He County?"

Xu Boyan's expression became even more puzzled: "The stone isn't government-owned, and it's a rare stone. It might have been found by chance."

Tao Zhiyu looked at Xu Boyan and said, "I'm sorry for being so presumptuous."

"That's fine." Xu Boyan smiled. "If Mr. Tao is not in a hurry, I can help him check it out."

"Then thank you very much." Tao Zhiyu thought that Lord Xu might want to curry favor with their Tao family.

After all, every scholar knows the Tao family of Dancheng, and their Danyang Society is a holy place for scholars.

"It's just a piece of cake." Xu Boyan agreed.

Tao Zhiyu took his men and said goodbye, thinking that with the help of the county magistrate, they would soon find out who had the strange stone.

As soon as he walked out of the yamen gate, Manager Lu turned around suddenly with a serious expression.

"What's wrong with Manager Lu?" Tao Zhiyu was shocked by Manager Lu's reaction.

Gao E in the carriage also tilted her head and looked at it. Could something have fallen?

"Come in the carriage and talk." Steward Lu made a gesture to let the young master get on the carriage first.

Gao E was a little confused. What was going on between this master and servant?

Tao Zhiyu and Manager Lu got on the carriage, and Xiao Xiang immediately turned the carriage around and left.

"What's wrong with Manager Lu?" Tao Zhiyu looked solemn.

"I remember now, he is Xu Boyan." Manager Lu said nervously.

"Xu Boyan?" Tao Zhiyu was stunned for a moment. "Is that... the Xu family who vindicated the Luo family?"

The Tao family cleared themselves of all charges in the matter between the Luo and Xu families, but everyone knew that the two families were destroyed by the Tao family.

But no one mentions this matter now.

Manager Lu nodded.

"Then he..." Tao Zhiyu said, his expression slowly relaxing, "I guess he has thought it through and wants to use this opportunity to make peace with our Tao family."

Manager Lu doesn't think so.

When Tao Zhiyu was not in Dancheng, Manager Lu had seen the murderous eyes of the young Xu Boyan.

Looking at his calm and composed appearance now, he must have endured something that ordinary people could not endure.

"Let's report this matter to the head of the family as soon as possible." Manager Lu suggested.

"Manager Lu is too cautious. He is just a small county magistrate. Let's first see if he will help us investigate the matter of the strange stone. If he is nice, he must want to please our Tao family through this matter." Tao Zhiyu said indifferently.

Manager Lu didn't dare to be so careless: "These two things don't conflict with each other, so I'd better write a letter to tell the head of the family."

"It's just a small matter, no need to trouble my father." Tao Zhiyu glanced at Manager Lu.

Manager Lu was helpless and felt very uneasy.

Xu Boyan wondered how the Tao family knew about the strange stone?

Could it be that Gao E did something?

He thought about it and prepared to ride his horse to catch up with Gao E and ask her so as to determine what to do next.

However, Gao E was unlucky enough to be targeted by the Tao family.

As a result, as soon as he came out of the county government office, he saw Gao E preparing to enter the county government office. When their eyes met, they smiled unconsciously.

"Have you seen the Tao family?" Xu Boyan guessed.

"I heard them introduce themselves just now. Is it Tao Meiyu's Tao family?" Gao E was unsure.

Xu Boyan nodded: "Let's go in and talk."

Since Gao E hasn't left, let's discuss this matter carefully.

"What? The Tao family came to He County to look for rare stones?" Gao E was surprised.

She hadn't received a reply from Tao Meiyu yet, so she didn't know what had happened over there.

"The Tao family knew that there was a strange stone in He County, but they didn't know it was you. What's going on?" Xu Boyan analyzed this conclusion from Tao Zhiyu's words.

Gao E thought for a moment and said, "I wanted to sell the rare stones to Dancheng, so I sent two of them to Tao Meiyun. The Tao family might have known about it, but Tao Meiyun didn't tell them that I had the rare stones."

"She actually knows what kind of people her family is like." Xu Boyan said unhappily.

Gao E looked at Xu Boyan in confusion.

"The Tao family has already sent people to He County. They've set their sights on your rare stone and will definitely take it for themselves." Xu Boyan said jokingly, "But they will give you some silver, so it's only natural that you should buy it."

"It's just forced buying and selling." Gao E said unhappily.

"That's good to know." Xu Boyan frowned. "There's not much I can do to help you with this matter."

Gao E looked at Xu Boyan in confusion: "The Tao family didn't recognize you?"

"The old steward might have recognized him." Xu Boyan was uncertain.

When Gao E heard Xu Boyan say this, she remembered the old steward who turned around suddenly at the yamen gate. He must have been thinking of Xu Boyan: "Then you are not worried?"

"The Tao family doesn't even take an ant like me seriously." Xu Boyan said nonchalantly, "Maybe they think I'm trying to curry favor with them."

Gao E thought that the Tao family was so powerful, they couldn't be a bunch of brainless people, but it was hard to define them without any contact. "Then... what are you going to do?"

"It depends on what you plan to do?" Xu Boyan asked back.

"Why should I do what I am going to do?" Gao E was puzzled.

"Ghost Crying Mountain is yours. Do you want to sell it to the Tao family?" Xu Boyan reminded.

"I definitely won't sell it." Gao E said firmly.

Not to mention how many strange rocks there are on the entire mountain, the magical iron and cold pond inside are also very important to Gao E.

The Tao family has already set their sights on just these rare stones. If others knew how many magical irons there were there, they would definitely kill and rob.

Xu Boyan knew Gao E would not sell it: "Then think about how to deal with the Tao family."

Gao E looked at Xu Boyan's indifferent look and said: "You are the chief official of He County after all."

"A bunch of unfilial children, never mind."

Gao E felt like Xu Boyan was taking advantage of her, but she had no way to stop him.

"Okay, now that you know it, go back and prepare yourself," Xu Boyan reminded.

Gao E got up and left. It was useless for her to worry about something happening to Xu Boyan, because in the end she was the one who got into trouble.

Gao E left the yamen to find Lu Hao, but she didn't know that He Jiabei was also there with Lu Hao. The two of them are now so close that they can even wear the same pants. They really have a lot in common.

He Jiabei saw that Gao E was a little embarrassed, so he didn't tell his boss that he came to see Lu Hao this time.

"What's the matter, sister?" Lu Hao looked excited.