The banquet was in a lively atmosphere at first, with everyone harmonious and laughing.
But at this time, when King Chen's words turned to the aspect of silver, the nature of this banquet completely changed.
After that, the atmosphere of the banquet became vaguely strange.
This is especially true for Zhuang Ming.
All kinds of complex looks were cast towards him, including those who sympathized with him, those who mocked him, those who were gloating about his misfortune, and those who were calm as usual.
As for Zhuang Ming, although he was not sitting on pins and needles here, he was still quite uncomfortable.
He looked at the delicacies in front of him and took a bite, but he felt it was tasteless.
It's just that last time, on the boat, he left the table early, but this time, with the prince here, he couldn't leave the table early.
The etiquette, customs, rules and order of the Dongsheng Dynasty have always been very particular.
The elders were at the table, and the younger ones had to accompany them.
After the elders leave, the younger ones can leave.
In this banquet, in terms of status, King Chen is the highest, and in terms of age, Mr. Lin is the highest... Except for these two people, it would be a big mistake for the others, including Zhuang Ming, to leave the banquet early.
An act of respect, an act of disrespect.
——
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.
Amidst the sounds of singing, dancing and music, the banquet dispersed.
Mr. Lin said that he was too drunk, so he took another mouthful of vegetarian bear paws and then left.
During this period, Zhuang Ming only drank three cups with him, all of which were resolved with his true energy.
He originally thought that King Chen would continue to make troubles, such as embarrassing him in terms of his drinking capacity.
But King Chen also seemed to feel that by cheating Zhuang Ming for 200,000 taels and letting everyone know that Zhuang Ming was still disliked by the prince, he had achieved his goal, so he did not attack again.
After drinking, the atmosphere in the venue became warm again, and the strange feeling seemed to dissipate.
There was cheering and laughter among the guests.
Until the end of the party, there were still some undecided sighs among the people. Some people made an appointment with each other to drink a thousand cups next time and not return until they were drunk.
Zhuang Ming didn't pay much attention to it. In fact, during the drinking period, not many people came to greet him.
When he first entered Gao Yue Tower, quite a few people came to greet him politely. Some even expressed their apologies for their wait-and-see attitude and even vaguely adding insult to injury when the government seized Zhuang's Trading Company last time.
But now that he has left Gao Yue Tower, everyone knows that King Chen is still unkind to him, so not many people dare to take the risk of offending King Chen to curry favor with Mr. Thirteen, who will fall down at some point.
Qian Yang walked in front, Yin Ming pushed Zhuang Ming, followed by the maid Shuang Ling, and left Gaoyue Tower.
Many eyes looked over here, but then looked back.
No one seemed to notice that Mr. Thirteen from Zhuang's Trading Company had left Gao Yue Tower.
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Zhuang Ming looked back, shook his head with a smile, and laughed at himself.
"Human feelings are warm and cold, but they last only in the blink of an eye."
"When I entered Gaoyuelou, they thought that I had turned our feud with King Chen into friendship, so they were quite enthusiastic towards me in order to cooperate again in business."
"When I leave Gao Yue Tower, everyone knows that King Chen and I are still at odds with each other. To avoid being resented by King Chen and causing damage to my family, treat me as if I am nothing."
"As the saying goes, the bustle of the world is all for benefit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for benefit."
He patted the hem of his clothes and said with a smile, "I'm back."
Shuang Ling hesitated slightly, with a bit of worry in his eyes, and said: "Young Master..."
At the banquet tonight, King Chen forced the young master, which not only embarrassed the young master, but also caused a loss of two hundred thousand taels.
In these years, the young master has tried his best and has never suffered such a loss.
Now that he has suffered such a big loss, and in addition, everyone in Gao Yue Tower who was originally enthusiastic has avoided it for fear of not getting there.
She was quite worried, vaguely afraid that the young master would be depressed because of this.
Zhuang Ming waved his hand and said with a smile: "Do you think that if Prince Chen beats me today, I will lose my heart? Or do you think that the eyes of these mediocre people will make me feel depressed? Don't underestimate your young master, if my mentality is like this It is easy to collapse, but it is difficult to become something great. How can I achieve today's achievements? How can I create my future achievements?"
When Shuang Ling heard this, he smiled, nodded fiercely, and said yes.
That's right. What kind of person is the young master?
How many storms have you seen?
Starting from scratch, we built Zhuang's Trading Company today.
So what if King Chen is one step ahead?
The young master will get it back sooner or later!
So what if these people alienate the young master?
In the eyes of the young master, they are just mediocre people.
"gone."
Zhuang Ming said this.
But before he finished speaking, he raised his eyebrows.
Yin Ming stopped.
Qian Yang turned around and faced that way.
Shuang Ling didn't know why, but Zhuang Ming held his delicate hand.
"It doesn't matter."
Zhuang Ming laughed.
Shuang Ling felt that the young master's palm was softer than her own, but very warm. She felt a little happy in her heart and could not help but feel a little ruddy color on her face.
Zhuang Ming looked at the person in the dark.
I saw the man walking out slowly, wearing black clothes, with an upright figure, and said calmly: "I have met Mr. Thirteen under the command of King Chen."
Zhuang Ming said calmly: "Are you here to get 200,000 taels? Although Zhuang's Trading Company is huge, such a huge amount of money cannot be raised in one or two days. You have to wait for a while before handing it over to the government. …”
The man in black chuckled softly, and his eyes swept over Qian Yang and Yin Ming. He was slightly afraid, but finally fell on Zhuang Ming.
"Mr. Thirteen, please don't misunderstand me. Your Majesty has always been considerate. Today, don't I ask you to stop the impulse in your heart? I ask you not to invest all your wealth for the sake of the good thoughts in your heart and to rescue the victims. This shows that Your Majesty's heart is like a bright mirror."
"Haha." Zhuang Ming laughed and said, "You are quite interesting. When you say it with your eyes open, you sound like a blind man. It really makes people want to chop you with a knife."
"Mr. Thirteen, please don't be impulsive. This villain is under the command of the prince. You have killed a group of people, which has made the prince extremely angry. Killing another one will be the last straw that breaks the camel's back." The man in black shook his head and said with a smile. "Your Majesty is not a very calm person, otherwise he wouldn't have made an attack today. If you really wanted to kill me, he would have desperately tried to wipe out all of your Zhuang's Trading Company first. As for the consequences, we will have to talk about them later." …”
"Stop talking nonsense and tell the truth. What message are you here to convey to Prince Chen?"
Zhuang Ming said calmly: "I'm too lazy to get angry with you, Prince Chen is naturally of high importance, and his dogs are not qualified to bark in front of me, Zhuang Ming."
The man in black looked slightly grim and said in a cold voice: "You think very highly of yourself."
Zhuang Ming said slowly: "I never look down on myself."
In fact, if we follow the usual rules, no matter how arrogant and domineering the other party is, he will not offend him too much.
After all, this person is under the command of King Chen. The so-called seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister must also be given some respect.
As the saying goes, the king of hell is easy to mess with, but the devil is difficult to deal with. Not to mention the private businessmen and the like, even many officials in the court may have put down their dignity and laughed to please him.
But now, Zhuang Ming and King Chen are almost in disgrace, how can they care about a warrior under King Chen?
"The prince means that two hundred thousand taels is not too small."
The man in black said slowly: "As the saying goes, a big tree attracts the wind. If this piece of silver goes out through your Zhuang's Trading Company, you know what kind of trouble or even disaster it will cause..."
Zhuang Ming said calmly: "Then what does the prince mean?"
The man in black said: "What the prince means is that he will secretly donate 70% for you, and the remaining 30% will be donated in the name of Zhuang's Trading Company, so that your Zhuang's Trading Company will not be the leader and cause unnecessary trouble."
, Your Majesty is thinking about you."
Zhuang Ming sneered: "Isn't it because he wants to eat the 70% of the silver? I just gave it to him..."
The man in black said leisurely: "You once promised the prince that from now on, all profits from Zhuang's Commercial Bank will be divided equally into half... This 70% silver tael is only more than 100,000 taels, far less than half."
Zhuang Ming looked at him deeply and then said slowly: "The words have been brought to you, get out..."
The man in black had a mocking look on his face and was about to speak.
Bang!
Qian Yang looked indifferent and slowly raised his feet.
Under his feet, countless cracks had broken out in the stone paving on the street.
"roll!"
"What a good Mr. Thirteen, you really don't take the prince seriously."
The man in black suddenly flicked his sleeves and retreated, disappearing into the darkness.
Zhuang Ming's eyes were cold.
Yin Ming suddenly moved and waved his hand.
The stones on the ground were suddenly lifted up by his strong wind, and shot into the darkness like sharp arrows.
Puff!
Suddenly there was a scream.
"Zhuang Ming! How dare you!"
"Cut off your arm as a lesson."
Zhuang Ming said calmly: "Prince Chen only dares to make me lose money, he doesn't dare to attack me and kill me, and he won't fall out with me because of your dog legs."
A roar in the darkness.
Zhuang Ming closed his eyes slightly and sighed softly.
Shuang Ling hesitated and said: "Young Master?"
She felt uneasy in her heart.
This is the first time that the young master has shown such an expression in front of her.
"When this person goes back, he will be more jealous. Anyway, I will cut off his arm to express my displeasure. On the contrary, King Chen will feel that this person has angered me because of his arrogance and domineering. His words may not be credible. However, this is the end of the matter.
, Believe it or not, it doesn’t matter, King Chen will definitely kill me, and I will also touch him."
Zhuang Ming opened his eyes, looked up at the moon in the sky, reached into his sleeves, stroked the young dragon, and said to himself in a slightly lower tone: "My power is not enough to overwhelm the world, and my tricks are just tricks after all, even if
No matter how much I study people's hearts and formulate plans, I still can't defeat the power of the royal power and force to break the law."
He sighed sadly, sighed, and then said in a low voice: "The matter must be accelerated. Before raising two hundred thousand taels, King Chen must be killed."
He raised his head and looked to the west again.
He has obtained all kinds of things and all kinds of heavenly materials and treasures of the Dongsheng Dynasty.
But it's not enough.
"After destroying King Chen and stabilizing the foundation, we must deal with the affairs overseas, including Fu Lao and Yue Ting, as soon as possible."
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In Gaoyue Tower.
The corner.
The scholar raised his head and looked at the stars.
He immediately lowered his head and looked at the bronze mirror in his arms.
"It's a strange thing. King Chen is at the height of his power, and he actually looks like a disaster star hanging over his head."
"Especially just now, he forced Mr. Thirteen to donate two hundred thousand taels. In an instant, his fortune plummeted, and the distance between the disaster star and his destiny star was shortened by half."
"Could it be that King Chen is forcing donations and secretly embezzling money? Will things happen and be destroyed by the imperial court?"
"But it's not right either..."
The scholar frowned, suddenly thinking of the young man with disabled legs, and showed a look of surprise.
At this moment, a voice came from the bronze mirror.
"This Mr. Thirteen's fortune has clearly been suppressed, but his magnanimity is still higher than that of King Chen. Moreover, he has a great momentum that is so profound that it obscures his destiny. His attainments are as profound as mine, and even he cannot see through it."
he."
"What does the teacher mean by this?"
"The calamity of King Chen must have originated from this person."
"He is just a human businessman."
"He is by no means simple, not only because I cannot see through his fortune, but also because, from the beginning to the end, he has not been at all afraid of the king with a different surname who is in charge of power in Huai'an."
"Oh?" The scholar vaguely thought of something and pondered a little.
"He has a murderous intention, and King Chen's fortune has plummeted. Based on what I know, King Chen is afraid of annihilation within three days."
"Didn't you say that we gathered in the blessed land of the Holy Mountain and killed all the cultivators in this world? Why are there still cultivators?"
"Why do you care so much? Anyway, don't pay too much attention to it. You can cultivate your true energy as soon as possible, leave the Dongsheng Dynasty, and leave this blessed land of the Holy Gathering Mountain."