Chapter 76: Take heart

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 Li Ang stared at Jiao Cheng, "What are you going to do?"

"Youxiao got off to a bad start,"

Jiao Cheng said calmly: "And I want the girls in the shop to calm down and be calm."

Li Ang narrowed his eyes slightly. The way to make people surrender is to make them despair, and the prerequisite for despair is to destroy hope. "Song Shaoyuan has the status of a scholar and is a candidate for the Academy."

"Yu State has thousands of new candidates every year,"

Jiao Cheng raised a finger and said, "Moreover, Mr. Song should be said to be an Academy candidate who failed the re-examination."

Li Ang said: "The laws of Yu strictly prohibit lynching and abusing the people."

"Yu Lv also forbids slaughtering cattle and eating carp. Beef and live fish are still sold in the East and West markets."

Jiao Cheng said calmly: "Besides, Pingkangfang has a thousand ways to make people surrender without leaving any trauma.

And..."

Jiao Cheng grinned, "You Xiao is not from Yu, she is from Jing."

After hearing this, Li Ang paused and quickly glanced at the pale Yu Douzhi. As expected, he saw an imperceptible wisp of dark red that was almost highlighted at the tip of his hair.

The Yu State stipulates that there should be servants but no slaves in the country. Even the poor people of the Yu State will not be reduced to the situation of being slaves for generations.

But this rule does not apply to Zhou people, Jing people, Turks, Hu people...

As long as they do not have Yu State household registration, they cannot be regarded as truly complete people in the sense of Yu law, and the protection they receive will naturally be greatly reduced.

Because of this, the rich and powerful people in Chang'an are so fond of raising foreign slaves - even if they die, no one will care about them.

Li Ang sighed silently and looked at Jiao Chengdao: "You should know that I ranked second in the first test of the Academy and first in the retest."

"I know this."

Jiao Cheng's eyes flickered. To be able to stand behind the scenes of Pingkangfang for so many years, it is the most basic instinct to check for information, find out the details, and prevent being kicked.

Even if he is a drunkard who makes a scene in a restaurant after being drunk, smashes the porcelain lamp stand, and injures the waiter,

They usually try to persuade him to leave Pingkangfang.

Only after inquiring about the identity of the other party and confirming that the other party has no strong relationship will they take revenge.

"But, last night on Zhuque Street, Xi Yangyu Siye already gave you a verdict."

Jiao Cheng tilted his head and said slowly: "If the skull is severed from the sword hexagram, you will not be able to practice in this life."

Being unable to practice means not being able to enter the academy.

Failure to enter the academy means that all hopes of becoming friends with the princes, generals, ministers, and children, and entering the upper echelons of the Yu Kingdom, are gone.

"That's not what I want to say."

Li Ang took out a small paper bag folded into a square from his arms and threw it casually towards Jiao Cheng.

Buzz——

The paper package suddenly stopped in the air and floated in front of Jiao Cheng.

Jiao Cheng turned his head, glanced at the two monks who were still playing chess slowly, took the paper packet in mid-air, opened it with one hand and glanced at it casually.

It was a paper flying ticket from Liuguang Bank, with a face value of thousands of dollars.

"Heh,"

Jiao Cheng laughed and shook his head, put down the ticket, looked at Li Ang and said: "Li Xiaolangjun, do you think I am a person who is short of money?

You Xiao is the most famous courtier in the Qing Dynasty in Lianhua House. The fee for grooming is 2,000 guan, and the redemption fee is 5,000 guan..."

Li Ang said calmly: "Look again at the place and time of issuance on the flight ticket."

"Time?"

Jiao Cheng frowned slightly and narrowed his eyes.

The issuing location on the flight ticket is the head office of Liuguang Bank in Chongrenfang,

The time is the end of June.

Could it be that...

Jiao Chengyi raised his eyebrows. At the end of June, the candidates had already arrived in Chang'an - for the convenience of portability, many candidates from other places with wealthy families came to Chang'an with flying tickets from banks in their hometown.

After arriving in Chang'an, you can exchange the large-denomination flight tickets into copper coins of different denominations for daily consumption.

And Qianqian Guan is basically the largest face value air ticket circulating on the market.

It is impossible for an out-of-town candidate to bring a thousand guan flying ticket from another bank, come to Chang'an and exchange it for copper coins, and then go to the head office of Chongrenfang Liuguang Bank to re-deposit into a thousand guan flying ticket - this is completely meaningless.

Therefore, this flight ticket was not brought by an out-of-town candidate from his hometown, but was recently obtained in Chang'an.

"You should know that I am a doctor from Zhenzhou, and I was able to get the second place in the preliminary examination because I was top-notch in three subjects: painting, arithmetic, and herbal medicine."

Li Ang said calmly: "And this flight ticket comes from the remuneration for my medical treatment given to me by Yan Guogong's Mansion in Anxingfang."

Pat.

The sound of Go pieces falling suddenly stopped, and the two monks with swords in the corner raised their heads and looked at Jiao Cheng, who suddenly fell into silence.

The only sound left in the room was the bubbles of the teapot on the stove.

Jiao Cheng squinted his eyes and scanned the information on the flight ticket carefully.

It is the instinct of every Chang'an snake and rat hiding in the gutter to observe the movements of the upper echelons of Chang'an.

The news that Yan Yundang was seriously ill and had asked Your Majesty to send imperial doctors to the Duke of Yan's mansion repeatedly had already spread throughout Chang'an.

The Duke of Yan also had no intention of hiding it. He posted rewards all over Chang'an City and invited famous doctors from all over the country with huge sums of money.

"What proof do you have..."

"The servants of the Duke of Yan have been collecting pigeons, sparrows and other birds in the East and West cities recently, and feeding them polished rice."

Li Ang said calmly: "Because I was worried that the outside world would say that the descendants of the Yan family did not care about filial piety and kept pets when Duke Yan was seriously ill.

So these things are done quietly.

And it will be after June 20.

If your people are smart enough, they should be able to find out."

"..."

Jiao Cheng was silent for a moment, then reached out and patted the ground twice.

The tattooed man guarding the door immediately walked in, knelt on the ground, listened to Jiao Cheng whisper a few words, then turned around and left the room.

Not long after, he returned again and nodded to Jiao Cheng outside the door.

"It was me who found out the cause of Duke Yan's illness and alleviated his pain,"

Li Ang said casually: "Do you think that if the news that I am trapped here spreads,

What will the people in the Duke's mansion do?"

Jiao Cheng squinted his eyes and said, "You haven't completely cured Duke Yan yet..."

"Then I am also the closest to being cured."

Li Ang said lightly: "Do you dare to bet? I bet that the government will not search this place thoroughly just for a possibility.

If someone can come forward, I will kill you right here.

I believe that those dignitaries in the city who you have mastered their intimate secrets don’t mind giving them a push in the back.

Do you think the people behind you are capable of protecting you in that situation?

Even if there is, are you worth making him pay the price of becoming a mortal enemy with Duke Yan?"

Jiao Cheng fell silent again.

"I don't want much,"

Seeing that the words were almost finished, Li Ang said calmly: "Song Shaoyuan and You both know that I will take them away, so this thousand guan can be regarded as a deposit.

The remaining four thousand guan redemption fee will be given to you within seven days."

"..."

Jiao Cheng thought for a moment, raised his head and said hoarsely: "I can let you take Song Shaoyuan and You Xiao away, but there is a condition."

"Say."

"Treat someone for me."


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