Tao Ran was willing to trust this group of refugees because they abided by the rules and could be planned.
During the process of entering the mountain, Xue Jin explained three points to Tao Ran.
First, the two boxes they got from the matchmaker's house in the middle of the night were still there. They were afraid that she would need to take away the delivery tasks, so they didn't touch them at all and didn't open the chains.
Secondly, the three people captured yesterday were all awake. When they were tying them up, due to an accident, the older man who led them had the cloth in his mouth fall off. He kept saying that he could give them money in exchange for their freedom, but they didn't.
Listen, according to her wishes, she knocked the person unconscious again.
Third, they were very grateful that she was willing to lend them three carriages to carry supplies. So they had cleaned the carriages inside and out, and fed all the horses. Grandma Liu in their team also used the milk from yesterday.
The red cloth brought by the Li family made her a pillow stuffed with dried flowers and grass seeds...
All these things made Tao Ran feel that these strangers who were grateful for their kindness were much better than those relatives who were cruel and unfamiliar.
This also strengthened her determination to help these people.
No, at this moment Xue Jin had already handed the box from the matchmaker to Tao Ran. He was not curious about whether there was any money in the box. After handing it over, he indicated that he was going to distribute supplies and left.
Tao Ran got into his large carriage that had been cleaned and smelled good, and smashed open two boxes.
There was no surprise inside, it was basically all money. After counting, there were about fifty taels...
Then Tao Ran went to see the Taoist priest.
The three Taoist priests have already woken up.
Each of them was tied to a tree, and they were struggling to break free.
Tao Ran stood in front of them and took the cloth from the old Taoist priest's mouth.
"You..." The Taoist priest wanted to curse loudly, but when the words came to his lips and thinking of his current situation, he chose to recognize the situation.
"Miss Li..."
"Stop it! My surname is not Li. Li Jingui is dead."
"Okay, okay, even if you are dead." The Taoist priest said pitifully. "I have treated you well. I did feel sorry for you in the past. But you hit me and scolded me.
I scolded you, and my money was robbed by you. It’s time to let go of your anger, right? What’s the point of catching me? Seeing as you’ve already gained a lot, let me go?”
"Let you go? What's the reason? What's in it for me? It's more practical to sell you."
"Sell me? I'm such a bad old man, who will buy me?"
"You!" Tao Ran chuckled: "You can spend money to buy you!"
What Tao Ran was hesitant about was how much money could be extorted from this Taoist priest? This guy's money was all ill-gotten gains. If she didn't defraud him completely, she would be sorry for her conscience.
"How much money can you offer?"
"..." The Taoist breath was blocked in his chest and he almost fell asleep. What bad luck did he have to meet such a debt collector? "But you have already taken away all my savings, which is one thousand four hundred taels!"
"Are you sure? One thousand four hundred taels is all your savings? Anyway, I don't believe it."
"Believe it or not!" the old Taoist priest became angry and let out a sigh.
"Okay." Tao Ran turned around: "Then you just wait to starve to death! If you starve to death here, you won't even be able to carry your money into the coffin, and you don't know who you are taking advantage of!"
"..." The Taoist priest was so angry. "Stop! You girl, what do you want so much money for? You are not me, I still have Taoist people to support. My future has been ruined because of you, why are you still here?"
If all my money is taken away, how can I and my people survive?”
"How many people are there in your Taoist temple? Have you seen how many people there are in my place?"
Tao Ran turned around and came back.
"I have so many refugees to support here, so the more money, the better. How about this... you give me all the money, you bring all the people from your Taoist temple, and I help you support your people?"
The Taoist priest remained silent and waited for a long time before speaking again: "I have no money."
"Sure! Then you should go hungry and think it over carefully. I am going to the city now. When I come back, I hope you have changed your mind."
Tao Ran picked up the cloth on the ground. "By the way, I went to your Taoist temple in the city this morning. It was already surrounded by people from the Qian family."
Tao Ran started talking nonsense again. Anyway, the information was uneven, so she could say anything.
"The Qian family is already offering a reward for your arrest. Mrs. Qian hates you to the core. She not only thinks that you started the fire in her family, but also thinks that Li Dashan's blackmail against the Qian family was instigated by you and conspired with you.
She threatened to crush you to ashes! For this reason, the Qian family also called in gangsters and vowed to catch you.
I'm going to ask how much reward they can give you if you are handed over. So I advise you to think clearly, should you take the initiative to take out the money to buy yourself? Or will you be sold to the Qian family."
"You're a liar! You sold me to the Qian family, and you're not afraid that I'll expose you? If the Qian family knows that you cheated your death, you will be the one who is really crushed!"
Tao Ran smiled even brighter.
"You said I faked my death? Where's the evidence? Am I not dead? Who was the burned corpse of the Qian family? Where did it come from? Are you still colluding? You said I'm not dead?
Then where am I? You talk as if you can find me? You are a liar in the eyes of the Qian family. They believe what you say? Even if they believe you, where are you going to find me? Do you think I will stand here waiting for you?
Are you coming to arrest me with the Qian family?
How pitiful, if you can't find me, you'll still be lying! You're just lying more and more to get away! The Qian family will have to deal with you! Then your end will be even worse!"
The Taoist priest's face was ashen. He knew very well that what the woman opposite said was true. The face she was wearing now was far different from Li Jingui's appearance. With her level of disguise, it would be easy for her to blend in anywhere.
And she has no weakness. Even if her father and brother are arrested, she may not be able to force her to come forward. She may have to clap her hands secretly. Faced with such a person, she has no negotiation capital at all.
Tao Ran: "But you reminded me. We have to avoid trouble first. So if I want to sell you, I will first cut off your tongue so that you can't talk nonsense; then break your hand so that you can't write."
Word; finally break your legs so that you can’t run away in the hands of the Qian family!
In this way, even if you have all kinds of grievances, you are still speechless. The only one who is suffering is you! Once you bear all the charges, I will no longer have to worry about it, right? "
The Taoist priest lowered his head and looked at his embarrassment, and then thought of the bandit-like refugees around him who had knocked him unconscious. He had no doubt that these people would really kill him for the money.
"I...I do still have eight hundred taels of silver. If you let me go, I will take you to get it." He lowered his head, admitting defeat. There is no shame in spending money to eliminate disaster.
"You want to buy? I'm not in a hurry to sell!"
Tao Ran blocked his mouth again: "I know, eight hundred taels is your bid, but I have to ask the Qian family how much they offer. The one with the highest price gets it!"
