The Crybaby Prince is Reborn, Where is the Prince Going?

With every word Liu Ya spoke, Sun Chengshang's face became uglier.

"Seven hundred taels? You're really brave!"

When Liu Ya heard Sun Chengshang's tone, he felt something was wrong and hurriedly explained: "Brother-in-law, how could I dare to accept so much silver from them? I was thinking of collecting some to treat you to a drink!" Then he presented all the three hundred taels of silver.

"I only collected this much and gave it all to my brother-in-law...but..."

"Okay, I'll help you vent your anger." Sun Chengshang took the purse and slammed it on the table. "But let me tell you, it's not about the so-called tariffs you mentioned."

Liu Ya nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, brother, I understand. Brother-in-law is doing this for business."

"Well, I'm glad you know. Go back and wait for news."

Although Sun Chengshang is the prefect of Guangling Prefecture, he is actually still a businessman. The magnificent five-story restaurant where diners come is his property, and he also has a escort agency. Now a group of escorts who claim to be escorts have entered the city and have not yet eaten in his territory. This is simply a slap in the face of Sun Chengshang!

How could this be tolerated? If not for Liu Ya, then for myself!

When Jinyou entered the courtyard for the third time, he still didn't know Sun Chengshang's reaction. Instead, the people he sent out brought back the news first.

Cen Ye replied, "The city guard's name is Liu Ya. He has a sister who married Sun Chengshang two years ago. At that time, Sun Chengshang was not yet the prefect of Guangling. It was after Jin Chengyang took office that he was promoted to prefect. The former prefect had returned to Beijing to report on his work."

It's related to Jin Chengyang again...

Jinyou rested his chin on his hand, tapped the table, and pondered: "What has Jin Chengyang been doing recently?"

Cen Ye said: "Jin Chengyang went to and from the yamen on time every day, and sometimes he would stay there all night to handle government affairs."

Jinyou raised an eyebrow. So, Jin Chengyang was still a 'good official'? At least on the surface, he seemed to have made mistakes, or even to be considered 'devoted to his duty'.

"Well, send someone to keep an eye on him and report back at any time."

"Yes."

Unfortunately, before Jinyou could do anything else, he saw many yamen runners coming outside the door, shouting and banging on the door.

"Open the door! Everyone, come out!"

The people at the door looked at each other, and one of them opened the door.

The yamen runner pushed the door open and came in, pushing the shadow guard who opened the door aside: "Move aside, move aside, go to the side, routine inspection."

"I wonder what you are planning to investigate, sir?" Ying Wu asked, bowing.

The yamen runner sneered in disdain, "Humph, what do I need to tell you about? Where is your boss? Why don't you come to see him?"

Ying Wu frowned. He was so unlucky and was looking for death.

Fortunately, Cen Ye arrived upon hearing the noise and heard him laugh from a distance: "My humble house is truly blessed to have the presence of the lord."

Xiao Yunzhen woke up and looked out the window of the study towards the courtyard with Jinyou.

[He really says one thing to one person and another thing to another...] Xiao Yunzhen made a precise complaint.

Jinyou smiled and said, "There's nothing I can do. If I were to speak frankly, I'd probably die a thousand times over."

What are these people doing here? They've already been released, haven't they? Why are they still investigating? What can they possibly find?

"Who knows?" Jinyou said, "The Guangling prefect is Liu Ya's brother-in-law. I think the money has already gone into his pocket. It's reasonable for him to vent Liu Ya's anger."

[Just put up with it like that?] It's okay to be sneaky and cautious, but that doesn't mean you can endure this kind of injustice.

"How could that be? The more Sun Chengshang does, the more he'll reveal his true intentions. Behind him is Jin Chengyang. And Jin Chengyang must be a good official in the eyes of the people. It won't be easy for us to touch him."

[That's the truth, but I...]

Xiao Yunzhen's inner voice was cut off, and he held back from saying the word "heartache".

I promised Jinyou that I would never force him because of the friendship in the previous life, so let this relationship take its course.

But even if Xiao Yunzhen didn't express his heartache directly, Jinyou understood what he was thinking.

Jinyou patted his little body soothingly: "Don't worry, we won't stay in Lizhou for too long. We will return to Beijing after we find evidence."

【it is good! 】

"Wait until they leave, and I'll take you out for a walk."

【good!!!】

No one here knows him, and he is not afraid of being discovered.

Ever since his last night exploration of the underground palace, Xiao Yunzhen seemed to be terribly strong. This little baby's body could not hold him back at all. He could go wherever he wanted and seemed to never get sick no matter how much he ran around.

So much so that Xiao Yunzhen would be eager to go out whenever there was a chance.

The yamen runners rummaged around in the yard, overturning carts of cargo.

"What's this?" a guard suddenly shouted, "Why are there iron tools here? Catch them!"

Ying Wu stepped forward and explained, "Sir, you must have seen it wrong. There are no iron tools at all. They are just some everyday things."

Zhao Shunxin narrowed his eyes and pointed at a large iron knife, his tone threatening: "Is this thing commonly used? I think you are deliberately plotting a rebellion. You don't look like escorts at all. You look more like robbers from the mountains. You got all this by looting, right? Tell me! What are you doing here?"

"It's just an unopened big knife, why are you so excited, sir?" Cen Ye pushed Ying Wu aside and stuffed a purse into the hand of the yamen runner.

"Sir, calm down. My brother is uneducated and doesn't understand our rules." Cen Ye rubbed his hands and rushed to cover the mat. "Take a look at this, what's going on?"

Zhao Shunxin laughed heartily and patted Cen Ye's face. "You are the wisest one. I know that it is dangerous for you guys to escort the convoy. It is normal for some of you to do things for self-defense."

"Yes, yes, the official is the most considerate of us hard-working people."

Zhao Shunxin pinched the purse, feeling it was about the size of ten taels, and patted Cen Ye's shoulder again, with a look of satisfaction on his face: "Do a good job, I think you are also a talent."

"Thank you for the compliment, sir. Then you..." Cen Ye raised his eyebrows, as if he wanted to see the guest off.

Zhao Shunxin looked at him with a half-smile and waved his hand: "Brothers, let's go, let's have some drinks!"

The crowd cheered and surrounded Zhao Shunxin and left.

After they left, Cen Ye stood up and touched his face which had been slapped by Zhao Shunxin, his expression gloomy.

Ying Wu took the opportunity to come over and asked Cen Ye, "How much silver did you give him?"

Cen Ye chuckled, "Silver?" Then he shook his head and left in a mysterious manner.

Want to take his money and drink wine? Go to hell! That's a purse full of small stones, and there's also a big stone that looks like ten taels of silver. Oh, no one can get a penny from him!

[I'm also curious about how much silver is in that purse.]

Jin You paused as he was putting the cloak on Xiao Yunzhen, "It won't fall into his hands."

【Why? Take it back?】

Jinyou said, "Yes and no. When we entered the city, we should have made it clear that we only had the last three hundred taels. Now, no matter how much more silver we take out, it will be a crime. Cen Ye must know this."

"Then return the money to him? Just kill him. We're here to investigate. They're not innocent."

"Tsk." Jinyou stopped and looked at Xiao Yunzhen, who was wrapped like a rag doll in three layers of clothes, and felt at a loss as to where to start.

"That's not going to work either. Killing them can stop the attack, but it won't affect their roots. Even if all these minions are dead, isn't Jin Chengyang still safe? Marquis Dingyuan may not have passed on the news to him, and Jin Chengyang hasn't made any unusual moves. We shouldn't alert them for now, and we can still seize the initiative."

"Okay, I'll do as you say. But Jin Chengyang has been in the government office all this time, so even if I want to contact him, I can't. Isn't that a dead end?"

Jinyou tried to pick Xiao Yunzhen up from the bed, but failed.

He gasped and said, "It's okay. If he doesn't come out, we can go in."