Xiaoyu frowned and thought for a while and said: "Compensate, you have to pay."
"I will compensate, I will compensate."
Master Tan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the word "compensation." No matter how much money a mere peasant girl could pay, a dozen or twenty taels was considered too much.
"And Hong Romantic was smashed by you, and you have to pay for it."
"Okay, tell me how much the compensation will be."
Xiaoyu tilted her head and thought for a while: "Hong Romantic was hit by you. The shopkeeper said the loss was 300 taels, so you will pay 300 taels."
Tan Yuan felt his heart twitch when he heard three hundred taels, but considering that the red and romantic decoration was quite luxurious, three hundred taels was considered reasonable.
"Okay, I'll pay."
"And because you hit me, you have to pay one thousand taels."
"hiss……"
Mr. Tan's eyes widened: "How much did you say?"
"One thousand taels of silver." Xiaoyu put her hands on her hips and said, "What? Don't you want to compensate?"
"Girl, your appetite is a bit too big. Do you want a thousand taels for your opening?"
Tan Yuan simply couldn't believe that a common girl on the grassland dared to ask him to pay one thousand taels in compensation. You must know that with his position as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, his regular salary was only more than 200 taels of silver a year.
Even if you include the money for raising money and other income, it will not exceed 3,000 taels a year.
And this number also made him very unhappy. He had been blackmailed by Tiefutu for 13,000 before, and today he was blackmailed for 1,300 again.
When Xiaoyu heard that Tan Yuan refused to give it, she snorted coldly and said, "You don't have to pay the money if you want. You also want me to beat you up, and we'll be even."
As soon as these words came out, the group of prairie people immediately rushed forward again.
Just as a fist as big as a casserole was about to fall on him, a voice came from outside the crowd: "Stop."
Immediately afterwards, Yang Xuan pushed aside everyone and walked over.
"Oh? It's Mr. Tan." Yang Xuan bowed his hands and said, "What are you doing?"
When Tan Yuan saw Yang Xuan, he immediately felt as if he had seen a savior. He broke away from the prairie people and hid behind Yang Xuan.
"Master Yang, these prairie people intend to commit murder and assassinate me. Master Yang, please arrest them quickly."
Yang Xuan looked at the grassland people: "You are so brave, you dare to assassinate the imperial official?"
When the grassland people heard this, they immediately started to make a noise, but Xiaoyu waved her hand to shut them up: "Mr. Yang, you came just in time. Last time I was in Hongromantic, you saw it with your own eyes. This dog officer took him with you.
His men beat me up, and we met him here by chance today. We don’t have any excessive demands, we just want him to pay for it.”
Yang Xuan turned to Tan Yuan: "Master Tan, this is what's wrong with you. Last time you beat a little girl so badly, it's not too much to ask you to pay some money."
"It's nothing too much. They want me to pay one thousand three hundred taels. Isn't this blackmail?"
"One thousand three hundred taels? How come there are still zeros and wholes?"
"Master Yang, three hundred taels are to compensate him for smashing Hong Romantic, and one thousand taels are to compensate for my losses."
"Listen, listen, I just punched him a few times, and he asked me to pay a thousand taels. Isn't this blackmail?"
Yang Xuan scratched his head and said with a look of embarrassment: "Originally, the amount of compensation is up to you to negotiate, and I won't be able to intervene. But, Miss Xiaoyu, just for my sake, ask for less.
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"Mr. Yang, we don't have to ask him to pay. If he doesn't want to pay the one thousand taels, then let us beat him up. I guarantee that I will hit him as many times as I received that day, and not more than once."
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Yang Xuan looked at Tan Yuan: "Master Tan, what do you think?"
Tan Yuan trembled all over: "No, no, it's against the law to beat an official of the imperial court."
Xiaoyu said: "What court official? Your Dasheng law says that a prince who breaks the law is as guilty as the common people. I can't get a beating from you in vain. What's more, you have molested me."
Yang Xuan came close to Tan Yuan's ear and said: "Master Tan, what I said is right. You still molested other girls. If you really follow the rules on the grassland, I will kill you directly. Besides, you are
Imperial envoy, if you let someone beat you up, it will be a disgrace to the court. In my opinion, Mr. Tan should pay for it."
After listening to Yang Xuan's words, Tan Yuan was really angry. Yang Xuan seemed to be trying to persuade him, but in fact he was supporting the grassland people.
Looking at Yang Xuan's half-smiling face, Tan Yuan was filled with anger, and he stuck his neck and said, "No."
Yang Xuan glanced at him, then spread his hands and took a big step back: "Then there is nothing you can do. Just pretend that I have never been here. You continue."
As soon as Yang Xuan gave way, several strong men from the grasslands rushed forward, grabbed Tan Yuan and tried to punch him.
Tan Yuan immediately gave up: "I will pay."
Yang Xuan winked, and Zhang Junbao hurriedly stepped forward. He didn't know what tricks he used, but he snatched Tan Yuan away from the hands of several strong men on the grassland.
"Master Tan, please pay."
Tan Yuan glared at Yang Xuan fiercely, took out the banknote from his sleeve, counted the number, and stuffed it directly into Yang Xuan's hand.
Yang Xuan took it, counted it by himself, and then handed the banknote to Xiaoyu and said: "One thousand, three hundred taels, the number is correct. Now you are clear. If you trouble Master Tan again in the future,
, I will be rude to you."
"Thank you, Mr. Yang. Don't worry, Mr. Yang. We prairie people are spitting out foam and nailing each other. Since we have lost money, we will naturally not cause trouble to this gentleman again."
After saying that, Xiaoyu took the prairie men and said goodbye and left.
Yang Xuan looked at Tan Yuan, who had a painful expression on his face, and said, "Master Tan, would you like to come to my yamen for a drink to calm your nerves?"
"No need." Tan Yuan waved his hand and left. Sitting in the carriage, he thought to himself, if I go to your place to drink, I'm afraid you will make people mad to death before the wine is finished.
When Tan Yuan returned to the inn, he became more and more angry as he thought about it. He smashed all the teapots and cups on the table.
"Where are the people? Where have all these people died?"
Cui Dong also found it strange that the Tumu Fortress was so big and it had been so long since the Lord's accident happened. Even the guards and his entourage numbered more than a hundred people, and no one noticed the situation at that time. This is too unreasonable.
At this time, Yang Xuan, who was continuing shopping leisurely, had a proud smile on his face and even hummed a ditty.
Zhang Junbao couldn't help but ask: "We are kidnapping and blackmailing. He is also an imperial envoy after all, so nothing will happen to him."
That's right, the Tiefu Tu kidnapping and today's street blackmail were all arranged by Yang Xuan. The leader of Tiefu Tu was disguised by his elder brother Yang Xiao. He had been wandering around the grasslands for a year, and his language and habits were all unknown.
They are all 80 to 90% similar.
As for the other people who have shown their faces, they are genuine prairie people, refugees that Yang Xiao gathered on the prairie.
These refugees were all survivors after their tribes were exterminated on the grassland. They had a blood feud with the grassland, and they happened to be taken under Yang Xiao's command.
Regarding Zhang Junbao's question, Yang Xiao said disdainfully: "Just punish him. What can he do to me? Speaking of which, I just looked at the banknotes in his hand. There are at least two thousand taels of silver left. Wait for me to think of a move."
, let him spend all that money."
Zhang Junbao pursed his lips: "Sir, you are doing too much harm."
"You know what the heck, he is a third-grade servant, how can he get so much money? It must be the bribes he accepted along the way. This is what I call doing justice for the sky."