I asked you to dig wild vegetables to pay off your debt, not go up the mountain to pick up money!

Chapter 275 It’s time to eat the big melon!

"Xiangxiang, I'm not keeping you in suspense. I've never encountered something like this before, so I don't dare to jump to conclusions..."

Xiangxiang felt a little aggrieved. It was already very perceptive of her to be able to detect the problem in an instant through the vibration of the space necklace.

Song Anning heard her grievance and softened her tone:

"Sorry Xiangxiang, I was a little anxious just now.

There are so many people in the space, if something unexpected happens, we can’t afford it.”

Old Man Pan is a martial arts expert and has a space bracelet that can help him dodge attacks. Song Anning guessed that he must have been ambushed and was definitely injured, but his life would not be in danger.

"I understand, Master. Xiangxiang, please be more careful next time. I'll tell you once I figure it out."

After Xiangxiang finished talking to Song An Ning, she went to check the situation of the space, and they all arrived at the yamen. In less than a cup of tea, they paid the money and transferred the ownership, and everything went very smoothly.

Because Manager Dong was there, the yamen runner in charge of the transfer did not dare to cause trouble. Only after they left did he hurriedly report to Liu Quan.

"Sir, in the past two weeks, the Chen family has sold twenty-seven shops, two merchant ships, and the northernmost warehouse, totaling two hundred and forty thousand taels of silver."

"What? These things only sold for 240,000?

The merchants who bought the shop are really black-hearted..."

Liu Quan snorted and slammed the teacup heavily on the table. He had no place to vent the anger he had just felt on the street. On the way back, he kept comforting himself that he would soon receive the money from the Chen family, so he just had to bear it.

But what he didn't expect was that the Chen family sold so many things but still couldn't even raise 300,000 taels.

The yamen runner in charge of the transfer pursed his lips and cursed inwardly, "Who could be more heartless than you? People have lost all their money due to trumped-up charges, and it's all because of you, and you still have the nerve to lament about it."

But he still put on a regretful expression and continued speaking along with Liu Quan's words.

"Yeah, the people who bought the shop were really trying to bargain down the price. And the goods in these shops were also included. They were really unscrupulous."

"..."

Liu Quan thought about the information he had just found out. The little girl named Song Anning was indeed quite capable. All the latest new products of Zuixianju were developed by this girl.

Shopkeeper Dong had exaggerated a bit on the street just now, but he also understood the importance of Song An Ning to Zuixianju. She was a cash cow. If he were Su Chen, he would hold on to the cash cow tightly and would not let anything happen to the little girl.

Not only that, Song An Ning and Chen Laoer, whom he captured, are master and apprentice.

In this way, arresting the Chen family is equivalent to arresting Song Anning, and indirectly arresting the people from Zuixianju...

What the hell is going on?

Liu Quan scratched his head in frustration, cursing Chen Guanghui in his heart. Was he dumb? Couldn't he have just spoken out about this relationship earlier?

Now that he's been arrested, he's also offended Song An Ning and Zuixianju...

He now felt that he was just waiting to die by sitting here.

Wait for Su Chen to come back and skin him alive, or wait for Ah Li to come back and know about the incident on the island and beat him to death, or wait for the people from Yanyu Pavilion to kill him if he can't raise the money and fail to complete the mission...

Thinking of this, Liu Quan covered his head and laughed out loud, regardless of the servants watching him in the room. After laughing a few times, he could only sob softly.

Think about how I studied hard for decades, walked out of the fishing village, and became a student and a scholar...

Provincial examination, metropolitan examination, palace examination...

After going through so many hardships along the way, how did we end up in this situation?

He stumbled out of the house and came to the secret room, which was full of gold and silver, all of which were the fruits of his exploitation of the people.

However, he didn't dare spend even a tael of the silver more than he had to pay, as he had to pay it all back to the Misty Rain Pavilion.

More than ten years ago, he abandoned his wife and daughter in the fishing village and married the princess's pregnant sister, whom he had never met. He then used the power of Prince Ling and the Misty Rain Pavilion to become the lord of a city...

"Hahaha, liars, all of them are liars..."

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

Song An Ning, who had turned into Sister Hua, lay on the door frame. After using her mind reading skill to look at Liu Quan, she felt mixed emotions.

Just now, Shopkeeper Dong heard that the Chen family was going to sell a large ship and was ready to buy it at the market price. The Chen family father and son thanked Song An Ning and Shopkeeper Dong again and again, and their tears of gratitude shed more and more.

They were discussing something, and Song An Ning happened to have nothing to do, so he flew around the town twice. He wanted to see Liu Quan's angry expression after being slapped in the face, but he didn't expect to eat so many melons!

In the eyes of others, Liu Quan is the high and mighty city lord and a favored child of heaven who came from a fishing village.

Liu Quan's original thought should have been to return to the place where he was born and raised to display his talents and give back to the people.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned...

Time changes, and people change too. After walking such a long way, I have long lost my original intention.

"Master, it turns out that the city lord's son is not his.

I just wanted to find an honest man..."

"Well, happy to be a father."

Song Anning and Xiangxiang talked about a lot of gossip through their minds. As Liu Quan's thoughts kept changing, the news transmitted into the system became more and more explosive.

After a stick of incense had passed, Liu Quan stopped going crazy, took out a handkerchief to wipe his nose, and paused for a moment.

"Someone is coming..."

"Where are the people? Are they all dead?"

A servant came over bravely, fearing that Liu Quan would vent his anger on him. He bent over with fear in his eyes.

Seeing this, Liu Quan simply patted the servant on the back and said seriously:

"Straighten your back, what's that like at such a young age?

Take my token and go to the prison, release those people, and say the authorities made a mistake in their accounts, and you don’t have to pay the fines…”

After saying that, Liu Quan smiled with relief and turned back to the house.

"Okay, go ahead. I'm tired, don't bother me."

"This……"

The servant stood there in a daze, staring at the token in his hand in disbelief.

The sun rises from the west? He has been in the City Lord's Mansion for so many years and knows what Liu Quan is like.

That was the famous Pixiu, a creature that only came in and never left. Now...

Although he didn't quite believe it, he didn't dare to delay at all and went to the prison with the token.

Song An Ning had never expected that after all this time, the story would end like this. Did this old man suddenly come to his senses? Or was he tired and wanted to destroy himself?

Before Song An Ning could figure it out, Xiangxiang said that the servant had handed in the token and was put in jail.

That means Chen Guanghui will be released in a short while.

"It's probably too late to inform the Chen family now, and the distance is a bit far. I'll rent a carriage and pick up my apprentice!"

"Great! Your silly disciple will burst into tears when he sees his master."

Song An Ning just smiled, flapped his little wings hard, flew out of the City Lord's Mansion, found an empty alley, bought a men's cloak and a handful of pomelo leaves, and hurried out of the alley.

A carriage was hired on the next street. When the driver saw Song An Ning holding the pomelo leaves, he knew where she was going. He didn't want to take them, but Song An Ning offered too much. If he refused, he would be at odds with the money.

Coincidentally, not long after the carriage arrived, the heavy door opened from the inside. The dazzling sunlight made the people at the door feel dizzy and they quickly closed their eyes.

Chen Guanghui stood at the front, shielding his face with his sleeves. It was not only because the sunlight was glaring, but he also didn't want anyone to see the miserable appearance of the second young master of the Chen family.

The distance from the prison to Chen's house is quite far. He is penniless now and his family doesn't know that he has been released. He can only linger at the door to delay time.

"Silly disciple, why don't you come out? Haven't you had enough of living in there?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Chen Guanghui immediately lowered his sleeves and saw Song Anning standing not far away, holding a cloak in one hand and a pomelo leaf in the other, looking at him with a smile.

After so many days of fear and grievance, I couldn't hold it back any longer when I saw my master waiting at the door.

Chen Guanghui felt pain in his eyes, and squatted on the ground, covering his face, sobbing uncontrollably...