Su Yue and his party arrived at the second town where they were going to settle, called Liuhe Town.
"There is a Liuhe Inn here. Let's stay there tonight. Senior and I have an appointment there." Xiao Han turned around and said to Su Yue.
"Don't stay at the inn?"
"Princess, you don't know. The inn in Liuhe Town is notoriously bad. The master is afraid that you won't be used to it." Xiao Yi explained.
"Huh? Is it because Liuhe Town is very poor?"
"Not really. There are many wealthy businessmen in Liuhe Town, but the people are poor."
"Then it's the officials' problem." The gap between rich and poor exists everywhere. If the gap between the rich and the poor in a town is so big, it must be due to collusion between government and businessmen, and the people are suffering.
"What do you say?" Xiao Han became interested.
"There are so many wealthy businessmen in a small town, which means they have a lot of business here and can make money. Then why are the people suffering so much? That means they are the ones making money, and the people are not benefiting from this. It can only explain one thing: government and businessmen colluded."
Xiao Han thought about it carefully and suddenly understood. Since there are so many wealthy businessmen and businesses in Liuhe Town, the people should have more opportunities to earn a living. How can they be so poor? It can only mean that they cannot make money, or they can only make a small amount of money, and it may be difficult to survive.
Su Yue looked at the pedestrians on the street. Most of them were in shabby clothes, many were patched, and all of them had sallow complexions, as if they were malnourished. Even for the hawkers on both sides, the situation doesn’t look good... Isn’t this strange?
Xiao Han naturally noticed Su Yue's gaze, "Xiao Yi."
"master."
"Go and find out who is in charge here, find out the problem, deal with it directly, and ask someone from above to take over."
"yes."
Xiao Yi winked at Leng Feng, who nodded and left.
After getting along these days, the two people have also reached a certain tacit understanding. Once Leng Feng leaves, Xiao Yi will be in charge of everything. Xiao Yi left, Leng Feng did the same.
When they arrived at Liuhe Inn, the waiter was very responsive and immediately arranged their accommodation.
"This inn looks good, but the people here are really miserable. I just saw a few pedestrians without patches on their clothes." Su Yu's face didn't look good either.
"Xiao Yi went to check. Let's wait for him to come back."
None of them had much appetite, so they went back to their rooms to rest.
Su Yue asked the waiter to prepare hot water and prepared to sneak into the space to take a bath. As soon as she entered the room, she realized something was wrong and said, "Who is it? Come out."
She pulled out the sword from her waist and struck at the screen. A black figure appeared like lightning and blocked Su Yue's attack neatly.
"The princess is very skilled, and she is worthy of being the disciple of Old Man Xuanji." An old man wearing black clothes and a deadwood mask appeared in the house. The black robe is also embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns with gold thread, which is low-key and luxurious.
As soon as the old man's voice sounded, a large number of people appeared in the inn, especially around Su Yue's room, which had the largest number of people.
"Who are you?"
"Haha, just an idle old man." The old man sat down comfortably and poured himself a cup of tea.
Before the tea could reach his mouth, the sounds of fighting could be heard outside. Xiao Han and Su Yu rushed over immediately. They looked at the old man cautiously and protected Su Yue behind them.
"King Jingnan and General Su don't have to be like this. I don't mean any harm." The old man remained calm and unhurried.
"Whether you are malicious or not is not up to you. Tell me, who are you? Why are you embarrassing my sister?"
"Haha, I didn't mean to embarrass the princess. I came here this time to ask for something."
The corner of Su Yue's mouth curled up slightly, "Is this your attitude when asking for help?"
"That's my fault. It's just that I'm not in good health and my relatives at home are worried, so I arranged for these people to follow me. I hope the princess will forgive me."
"Oh, really? But it's a pity, I don't think I can help you." Su Yue refused directly, no matter who you are, who are you trying to scare with such a big battle?
"Why won't the princess listen to what I want? Maybe it's just a piece of cake for the princess."
"So what if it's just a little effort? I have to help?" Still want to kidnap her morally? hehe.
The old man remained calm and calm, "It seems that my behavior made the princess uncomfortable. It's my fault. Come on."
A middle-aged man with ordinary appearance came in, holding a brocade box in his hand, placed it on the table, and opened it.
A box full of Dongzhu, all round and shiny, not small in size, not to mention valuable.
Su Yue raised her eyebrows, were she planning to spend money on her? However, the quality of this Dongzhu is quite good, and I can keep it for some of my aunts to make jewelry.
"The things are good, I accept this apology." Su Yue directly put the things into the space.
"Haha," I really can't afford to suffer, "What the princess said is that since the princess has accepted my apology, can she listen to my request?"
"For Dongzhu's sake, tell me."
"I want to ask the princess for something." The old man's eyes flashed.
"what?"
"Snake Spirit Fruit."
Su Yue paused and looked at Xiao Han calmly.
"How did you know I had this thing? Who told you?"
"This princess doesn't need to know. As long as the princess is willing to give, I will definitely reward you heavily."
"You want to take something from me without even telling the truth? Hey, old man, do you think too highly of yourself or do you think too little of me?" Su Yue looked disdainful. She really didn't like the old man's condescending attitude.
The old man frowned calmly, and finally explained, "Looking at King Jingnan's current state, do you still understand?"
"That's right. Did the old man have a broken arm or a leg?" Su Yue pretended to be confused and looked at it carefully, "I think you don't seem to be missing anything?"
"Presumptuous!" The guard beside the old man stepped forward and was about to take action, but was stopped by the old man.
"This guard has a bad temper. The master didn't even say anything. How can you have a dog barking here?" Su Yu's face was gloomy, and he stared at the guard with intimidating eyes, wanting to do something to her sister. , then you have to look at how much you weigh.
The protective teeth gritted loudly, but in the end, he did not dare to make a move in front of his master.
"Hahaha, it's my servant who is ignorant and offends many times." Although the old man softened his words, his posture remained unchanged.
Just when Su Yue was about to refuse, a cold and biting voice sounded, "They say that every slave has a master. A slave is such a dog, how can a master be such a good thing? He is just a despicable and shameless little man. Just people.”
"Keng! Keng! Keng!"······
The sound of drawing swords in unison caused the entire inn to fall into a deathly silence.
Su Yu and Xiao Han also took a defensive posture, protecting Su Yue behind them, and Leng Feng was always alert.
"Hahaha, I followed me all the way, and I thought you lost me." The old man's eyes were slightly cold, no longer as calm as before, and there was still a faint murderous intent.
