Chapter 667 Redemption
"Then what do you want?" Mr. Si asked in a deep voice after he calmed down.
"I have to go to the Yamen, but..." A hint of cunning flashed deep in Xia Zihan's eyes, "The eldest young master of the Si family humiliated us and wanted to kill us in broad daylight. I really don't want to You know, who gave him the courage? I heard that the Si family and the Zhang family are married?”
"It's the father's fault if he doesn't educate him." Mr. Si said, "The child has been naughty and disobedient since he was a child. It's all because I didn't discipline him strictly when he was a child. That's why he is now lawless and has offended my wife. Mrs. Wang Your Majesty, I won’t argue with him. If Madam is really angry, she will take the child to the government office. As a father, I won’t say anything.”
"Tch, of course you didn't say anything. Who doesn't know that you are the son-in-law of the Zhang family, and this Si Jian is the nephew of the Zhang family. He is loved by Master Zhang Si. He sent him to the prefect's Yamen. That's not just a follow-up. It’s like putting the fish back into the sea, as he wished.”
"Then what do you mean?" What do you mean by this group of people who won't send you away to the Yamen and won't let you go?
Mr. Si squinted his eyes and carefully looked at the group of people in front of him. He saw that these people were well-dressed, and... Dongfang Wing?
It should be him, he had met him once a year ago.
He only saw such a monster-looking man once and he would never forget it.
The Dongfang family is also very famous in Sun City, especially the Dongfang family, which belongs to a martial arts family. There are more than a hundred people in the family, old and young, who have learned martial arts. Therefore, no one dares to provoke them in Sun City.
Although the Si family is not afraid of the Dongfang family because of the support of the Zhang family, in real confrontation, the Si family is still wary of the Dongfang family.
After all, the Si family is in business and merchants. Except for a group of nurses at home, no one in the real Si family knows martial arts.
How can a group of weak people who can't carry it with their hands or carry it on their shoulders not be afraid when they meet a group of tough and powerful people from the Dongfang family?
Mr. Si seemed to remember something again, his eyes narrowed hard, and there was another layer of alertness on his face.
A few days ago, he heard his wife's fourth uncle mention that there was a group of people in Sun City who should not be messed with. In that group of people, the men were handsome, the women were extremely beautiful, and even the looks of the servants were... The most stunning of all, very beautiful.
Zhang Zhi was beaten and bedridden just because he got jealous when he saw them.
Moreover, Fourth Uncle also said that these people were with Dongfang Yi's wife.
I heard that he is the master of Dongfang Yi’s wife.
He is Princess Chu Yu and the crown prince of Prince An County.
It's Major General Chu.
Could it be...
The fourth master once again turned his attention to the handsome and elegant Zheng Wenting, and the beautiful Xia Zihan who was not like a mortal. In his eyes, he no longer dared to have other lewd thoughts, but was afraid, jealous, and frightened.
Xia Zihan said with a smile, "It's very simple. If you want us to let the young master of the Si family go, then we can redeem him with money."
"You...want money?" Mr. Si was stunned.
Could it be that Princess Chu Yu and Prince Chu are still short of money?
However, his nervous heart secretly relaxed a little, "It's easy to talk, how much money do you want?"
As long as it can be solved with money, it's not a big deal. The Si family has everything and has the most money, which can fill several warehouses.
"Well, I think... the life of the young master of the Si family must be worth five hundred thousand taels of silver, right?" Xia Zihan touched his chin and spoke carefully.
Five hundred thousand taels is too little, right?
In the past few days, her Aqi's thirty secret guards have been busy, and they have collected a lot of evidence against the Zhang family.
Among them were several in-laws of the Zhang family.
The most ruthless family is the Si family.
Because of the support of the Zhang family, the Si family often steals money from ordinary people.
For example, the three markets in Sun City were originally managed by the yamen. According to the imperial system, some small taxes were uniformly collected, and the common people were allowed to set up stalls and sell things in the markets. But the Yamen contracted the entire market to the Si family, who collected taxes. Of course, the tax was definitely higher than what the court stipulated.
If you don't pay money, you won't be allowed to set up a stall to sell things.
If you don't set up a stall in the market, set up a stall somewhere else. If you don't pay the money, your stall will be smashed.
Especially arrogant and crazy.
This is one thing, and there is another thing. According to the regulations of the imperial court, the grain seeds distributed by the imperial court every year should be sold to the people by the local yamen based on the amount of their fields. They cannot oversell or buy more.
The price set by the imperial court was very cheap, only 10% higher than the price of ordinary grain in the market.
However, Zhang Wenzu sold all the grain seeds to the Si family, and then asked the common people to buy grain seeds from the Si family.
The Si family doubled the price.
Some wealthy families don't care about the few dollars, but some poor people can't afford it.
If he couldn't afford it, he would keep his own grain seeds every year. However, the yields of the grain seeds he kept were not as high as those of the imperial court.
In short, Zhang Wenzu often teamed up with several in-laws of the Zhang family to do this kind of thing of oppressing the people and sucking their blood.
And the Si family is the most ruthless one.
He is also the richest among the several in-laws of the Zhang family.
Therefore, after Si Jian came to look for death for the second time, Xia Zihan never thought of letting him go easily.
The Si family had sucked so much blood from the common people, no matter what, she had to let the Si family spit out some first.
Xia Zihan thought for a while and added, "It all needs to be in cash, five taels, two taels, one tael, one ingot, copper plates are also fine."
"Okay, half a million is half a million, it's a deal." Mr. Si thought for a moment and then agreed.
Five hundred thousand taels of silver is really not a small amount. Even the Si family would find it difficult to come up with so much cash in one go.
The reason why he agreed so happily was because he was guessing that perhaps Prince Chu and Princess Chu Yu encountered some difficulties and needed money, so they asked him for money.
It sounds nice to say that they are redeeming money, but in fact, they want to borrow money from him, but the word "borrow" is just that they have a noble status and it is difficult to talk about it, so they deliberately say "redeeming money".
Mr. Si was thinking wishfully.
Xia Zihan's goal has been achieved. She smiled and said, "Well, I will give you one night to raise the money. I will see the money tomorrow morning."
With that said, he ordered Chu Fei, "Take Master Si away. The others are not worth anything, so let them go."
"Yes, Master."
Chu Fei threw the guard captain in his hand to Mr. Si.
Qi Mei's eyes lit up and she bent down to grab Si Jian.
How could Dongfang Yi let his pregnant wife carry off a grown man? He hurriedly came over and said, "Xiao Mei, such a scumbag, don't get your little hands dirty, just do it for your husband."
"Ah, my Yiyi is better, I know I feel sorry for my wife." Qi Mei joked with a smile.
(End of chapter)