But when he saw Chu Chuyan and his party coming over, Xie Yi's face suddenly turned into a smile: "Niece, I just came back and heard that you came to see me. I thought I missed it, and I am feeling upset."
Zu An thought that each of these guys was more sinister than the other. They were obviously at home all the time, but they had deliberately disappeared before, but now they were pretending that nothing was wrong.
Chu Chuyan was obviously used to this kind of thing. He didn't show it at all. He smiled lightly and said, "Chu Chuyan has met Uncle Xie."
"Hey, this uncle is a bit hard to be called," Xie Yi sighed. The other party did not call him the city lord, but called him uncle. Obviously he wanted to use the friendship between the two families to talk about the matter. "Niece, I generally agree with your purpose of coming today.
You can guess it, but what your Chu family committed this time is really too big."
“I remember you were always very calm. This time Zhongtian got confused, why did you get confused too?”
Chu Chuyan said melancholy: "Many things are easy to say but difficult to do. In recent years, the proliferation of private salt, coupled with other expenses, the Chu family has already been unable to make ends meet. In addition, the salt has been robbed, and we have no money."
Method. What's more, every family has been operating this way for so many years, and it has long become an unwritten rule. Who would have thought that Governor Sang would suddenly be like this... so serious."
Those who are engaged in salt business will inevitably encounter situations where there is not enough salt. If the tax laws stipulated by the imperial court are followed, the cost of salt merchants will double, and the common people will not be able to afford salt.
Therefore, each family has gradually formed a tacit understanding. If they encounter this kind of situation, they will pay a small amount of advance payment as a pretense, but most of them will not pay that amount.
Since the Salt Transport Envoy had always had a good relationship with the Chu family, Chu Zhongtian was the one who made the decision and everyone was in peace. Who knew Sang Honglai would be the one to do this?
"Although this is an unspoken rule, it conflicts with the court's laws after all, and there is nothing anyone can do about it." Xie Yi sighed.
Chu Chuyan said in a deep voice: "We also know that this matter is a bit troublesome, so we came to ask Uncle Xie for help."
Xie Yi smiled bitterly and said: "My niece should know that I am just a city lord. Prefect Sang is my immediate boss, and he comes with the emperor's order. I don't have the ability to help."
Chu Chu’s face was frosty, and he fell into silence.
Xie Yi continued: "Although I don't have that ability, someone should be able to help the Chu family."
Chu Chuyan was silent, Xie Yi was smiling, and the atmosphere in the whole room became a little strange.
Zu An was confused as to what riddle the two of them were playing: "Who is it?"
Xie Yi did not explain: "My niece should know better."
Chu Chuyan finally spoke: "Uncle Shi, you should know the principles of our Chu family."
Xie Yi gave her a meaningful look: "It's not so easy to be neutral in many cases. It usually comes at a huge price."
Chu Chuyan stood up and said, "I've been disturbed a lot today. I hope Uncle Shi won't be offended."
Xie Yi hurriedly stood up and asked to stay: "You kid, why did you leave just like that?"
"Well, since everyone is not an outsider, I have something to say directly."
Hand over this thing, and someone will naturally help you settle everything now."
Chu Chuyan's face changed from gloomy to bright, and after a long time he said: "I need to go back and think about this carefully."
“Of course we should. We can also discuss it with my family. It’s not a trivial matter after all.” Seeing that she didn’t refuse on the spot, Xie Yi’s eyes lit up.
After the two left Xie's house, Zu An couldn't help but be curious: "What on earth was City Lord Xie talking about?"
From the conversation between the two, he had understood that Xie Yi was trying to persuade the Chu family to defect to the King of Qi at first. After being rejected by Chu Chuyan, he put forward another condition.
He couldn't figure out what this was at all.
Chu Chuyan showed hesitation, but he still said: "Azu, you are no longer an outsider. There are some things that you should know. What City Lord Xie is talking about is an account book..."
Then I briefly explained to him the ins and outs of the account books.
Zu An felt angry when he heard this: "Then Xie Yi didn't take advantage of the situation to rob him!"
He suddenly thought of the account book that Pei Mianman asked him to find before. At that time, he told him that the Chu family made weapons and the salt and iron business transactions with various forces. Now that he thinks about it, she probably didn't tell the truth to me.
Hey, this world is really scary. On the surface, she is still Chu Chuyan’s best friend, but secretly she is thinking about something that will kill him.
He felt a little uncomfortable when he thought of this, but then he thought about it. Although Pei Mianman was a little hypocritical to the Chu family, he was really good to himself.
For a while, he didn't know what to do.
At this time, Chu Chuyan sighed: "Nowadays, people are fighting for their lives and I am fighting for their lives. What can I do if others take advantage of the situation and rob me?"
Zu An came back to his senses: "You don't really plan to give him the account book, do you?"
“Of course not, it’s just to save everyone’s face.” Chu Chuyan replied.
Zu An couldn't help but said: "Actually, I don't quite understand. You have such a powerful weapon in your hands, why don't you make good use of it?"
“Use it?” Chu Chuyan was stunned, “How to use it?”
Zaun said: "This thing is exactly like a nuclear weapon... Well, don't worry about what a nuclear weapon is. What I mean is that you have the handle of so many important officials, and you can use it to blackmail them."
“But this way, everyone is completely at odds.” Chu Chuyan frowned.
“Now that the Chu family is going to be doomed, do you still worry about this?” Zu An said.
“But we originally had a good relationship. Maybe we would secretly help each other because of our old friendship. What if we completely offend them and they just sit back and watch?” Chu Chuyan said worriedly.
"You are so concerned that you become confused," Zu An said, "Then let me ask you, after the Chu family has been in trouble for so long, who of those people helped."
Chu Chuyan opened his lips, but in the end he said nothing.
Zu An sighed: "If I were those people, I hope your Chu family will be finished soon, so that no one will have anything to do with them. How do you think these people can come to the rescue?"
"No wonder..." Chu Chuyan is not stupid, but he was confused before when he was in the game. Now he was awakened and immediately reacted, "Then what should we do?"
“Go directly to those people and threaten them that if they don’t do anything, everyone will die together!” Zu An said, “According to what you said, those people have been dispersed to various departments of the imperial court. They are definitely an extremely huge force.”
“The reason why things have happened one after another in the Chu family during this period is ultimately because Sang Qian is dealing with you secretly.”
"Even if the advance payment of salt is solved this time, Sang Hong will find another thing to deal with the Chu family next time. There will always be one that cannot be prevented."
"So to solve the problem fundamentally, we must not only resolve the Chu family's crisis this time, but also completely solve Sang Hong. If your description is not bad, those people on the account will definitely have the ability to help you solve Sang Hong.
This is troublesome. But the premise is that you have to force them!"
Chu Chuyan thought for a long time, and finally his eyes became firm: "Okay, I'm going to the capital. Those people were so greedy back then, and the Chu family has been wiping their butts for these years. They should do something for the Chu family.