On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Chapter 1906 The Origin of the Liu Family

Liu Jiulang was in the front hall, looking at Liu Balang who was sitting in the main seat.

"I've received news that Water Temple No. 3 is sending a few good people over here. Don't fight with me this time. I'm useful."

Liu Jiulang said calmly: "I'm afraid it won't work this time."

"What? Do you have to snatch it from me?"

"No," Liu Jiulang said bluntly, "Neither you nor I can accept these people."

"Why? It's not your turn to make the decision about my affairs."

"It's not my turn to make the decision. What are you talking about?" Liu Jiulang said bluntly, "You should restrain yourself recently. I suspect these people have bad intentions."

Liu Balang scoffed, "This is Rongzhou. Even the governor is one of our men. What's there to be afraid of?"

"I must have these people."

Liu Jiulang snorted and laughed: "You'd better plant something on the land under your jurisdiction as soon as possible, even if it's just for show, just plant something casually."

"Don't I have to buy seeds and invest in whatever I want to grow? Isn't that just throwing money away?"

Liu Balang disagreed: "Those lands were not bought for farming in the first place. Do I want to be the landlord? What a joke."

Liu Jiulang remained silent - it was a waste of words to talk to a fool.

Seeing that he was silent, Liu Balang couldn't help but get angry: "I've been here for so long, and you haven't even offered me a cup of tea. Don't forget, your father told you to listen to me before he died."

"Father also said that when encountering important matters, we must discuss and decide together. If I disagree with something, you won't be able to use your full authority."

"You..." Liu Balang slammed the table and stood up.

Liu Jiulang also stood up: "That's all I have to say. You can do whatever you want."

Just as he said this, a man in black came in from outside.

"Master." The man in black bowed to Liu Jiulang, "Hu San and the others are dead, and those few others... have also been released."

They released them, but they didn't know where those others went.

Liu Jiulang nodded. He was feeling annoyed at the moment, and since Liu Balang was there too, he didn't ask any further questions.

When Liu Jiulang heard this, he immediately became angry: "Who? Who did you let go?"

"Liu Jiulang, explain it to me clearly."

Liu Jiulang turned around and said, "These are the people you want. I sent someone to release them. They cannot be touched."

Liu Balang was furious: "You!"

In a fit of rage, he threw the teacup away, breaking it into pieces.

Liu Jiulang looked at the broken pieces on the ground with a blank expression. "Fine porcelain from an official cellar, ten taels of silver as compensation."

After that, he turned around and left.

Liu Balang was so angry that he jumped up and down, but there was nothing he could do.

……

Yinding and his companions entered the city and found the inn that Huo Changhe mentioned and stayed there.

The inn was quite large, with several small courtyards. He booked one, and then saw that the courtyard next door was also empty, so he booked it as well, so that the prince and princess could check in when they arrived.

Go into the courtyard and ask the waiter to bring food to the courtyard.

I gave the waiter some money and asked him about Rongzhou.

After taking the money, the waiter was talkative and cheerful, and answered almost everything I asked.

"You mentioned fields that were planted and fields that weren't," the waiter said. "During the spring plowing season, I heard what was planted... I'm sorry, sir, but I can't remember."

"Anyway, it's not something we often grow here."

"Who took the land away?" asked Yinding.

"The Liu family," the waiter said softly, "is the richest family in Rongzhou. In fact, they have more than just property. They also have a golden medal of immunity from death."

Yinding was stunned. He had never heard of this. He knew very well how powerful the golden medal of immunity from death was. Moreover, one had to have great merit to be eligible to receive it.

Yin Ding was curious: "What's the background of the Liu family? How could they have such a thing?"

"I heard that the Liu family's ancestors had made great contributions to the late emperor and even blocked a knife for him."

Yinding thought that they didn't know yet that the new emperor had ascended the throne, and the "former emperor" they were referring to was the retired emperor, the grandfather of the new emperor.

The retired emperor was indeed a martial artist, but there was no news of him ever fighting in a war.

"Blocking a sword to save the emperor? That's certainly a great feat, but I haven't heard of it before... Where would the sword come from when the late emperor went into battle?"

The waiter lowered his voice and looked around: "Sir, you may not know, this is the head eunuch who served the late emperor."

Silver Ingot: "..." Why don't you listen to what you are saying.

Seeing the suspicion that it was the silver ingot, the waiter quickly explained: "Although he is a eunuch and can no longer have children, he has a brother. His brother had many children, so he adopted one of them."

"He saved the late emperor in the palace and made great contributions. He was quickly promoted to the position of chief eunuch. Thanks to his cleverness and intelligence, he became the leader of the eunuchs in the palace. I heard that this also made many people dissatisfied."

"Before the late emperor died, someone suggested that he be buried. When the late emperor regained consciousness, he granted him a golden medal of immunity from death, thus exempting him from the funeral."

Yinding finally understood. To be honest, he really didn't know the answer to this question.

Firstly, he was still young at that time, and secondly, he didn't care about the things happening in the imperial city. He followed Huo Changhe and mostly stayed in Shencheng.

How could anyone care about a eunuch?

Yinding thought, if he was rewarded for asking the retired emperor for help, it would be understandable, but in the end it was to prevent him from being buried, which was a bit... However, it can also be seen that the retired emperor really likes this eunuch Liu.

"and after?"

"And then?" The waiter shook his head and laughed. "And then, of course, the Liu family prospered and became well-known in our area."

"Many valuable industries belong to them, such as salt, iron, and grain. They are involved in anything that can make money."

"The ground issue is naturally no exception. However, it only started to surface in the past two years and has only intensified over the past year or so."

"Who is the head of the Liu family now?"

"Liu Balang."

Yinding asked some more questions, knowing what he was thinking, and squinted his eyes in thought.

I don’t know where the prince and princess are.

Beibei said, "Brother Tuotuo, I'll go out and ask around tomorrow."

Bee Whistle nodded: "Yes, find out more and combine them to see if there is any consistency."

Yinding looked at the two of them and said, "Okay, but we have to disguise ourselves. We can't be sure whether the people on the boat will look for us or whether they are in the same group."

"OK, no problem."

As they were talking, one of the people who had just entered the city sneezed.

He cursed angrily, "Don't let me see that little fat guy again. If I see him, I will tear him into pieces."

The others looked at him and tried not to laugh.

"Cao Shu, your hands are in this state, can you still use a knife to cut people?"

Cao Shu slammed his hand on the table, then pulled it back in pain, gritted his teeth and said, "What are you talking about?"

"Hey, you," the man said, unconvinced. "You brag all day about how great you are, but in the end you didn't steal anything valuable, and you even got your hand pinched."

"That's fine, everyone makes mistakes, but the next moment he was almost numb and stuffed under the bed. It's unheard of."

"It's your own bad luck, your own shame, that's up to you, but if you implicate us, we have to follow you into the city to arrest people. Who did we offend?"