Chapter 346 Price
Yuan Da ran away, letting Yuan Wu use his life to stop Zhao Yushu for a moment before running away.
There are only three and a half Ape brothers left.
Once Yuan Da ran away, Yuan Er had almost no other choice but to risk being discovered by Lan Rong and force his way out of the city. With his skills, Lan Rong would be able to catch him in no more than an hour as long as he could find his trail.
If he continued to hide, he would only be able to survive for a few more days. The noise caused by the Yuan family was too loud, and all the casualties were seen by everyone in the city. No matter whether they were government officials or visiting monks, they would all come over like hyenas, following his scent.
The Ape Family is finished.
Yuan Er hid for two days and was forced to change places four times.
"Yusan, run on your own."
"What do you want to do?" Yuan San has recovered some spirit.
"I'm going to see Lan Rong."
Yuan Er crawled out of a dilapidated warehouse and was already close to the city gate. It was not that he was ready to escape from the city by force, but he was slowly squeezed here by an invisible net. The city gate behind him had been locked tightly by several trusted monks sent by Lan Rong with heavy troops. He was forced into a desperate situation.
"Lan Rong will kill you."
"Maybe in the future, but not now. The Yuan family is so big, how could he not be tempted?"
Yuan Er straightened his already tattered robe, and with a flick of his sleeve, he threw Yuan San under a torn tarpaulin: "After I meet Lan Rong, he will withdraw the siege. You can find a way to get home by yourself. If there is a chance, I will rescue Yuan Si."
Ape Two walked away without looking back, and Ape Three stood there for a long time, finally turning around and hiding in the shadows.
Yuan Er did not go directly to the government office. The way was full of local bullies and visiting monks. If he was bumped into by them, he would have no chance to negotiate terms. After all, the reward Lan Rong offered was for his head.
He walked straight to the city gate, where he met Lao Chen who was leading his troops on patrol.
After revealing his identity, Lao Chen immediately controlled him, and then sent his confidant to call Lan Rong over instead of taking Yuan Er back. The current situation is turbulent, and even if he is a government official, there may be people who dare not make any moves.
"Call Zhao Yushu as well, I have something to say to him." Yuan Er added a request, and then after an incense stick of time he finally met the two of them as he wished.
Yuan Er understands human nature very well, and he believes that the price he offers is not something these two people can refuse.
"Yu Er, you are walking into a trap, what do you want to do?"
Lan Rong sat opposite Yuan Er with a big horse and a golden sword, feeling a little confused. One little monkey was missing.
"There are seven farms outside the city, and the annual grain payment is worth 16,000 taels." Yuan Er raised a finger.
"All hunters in Yuanshen Mountain offer about 5,200 taels of silver every year." Yuan Er raised another finger.
Zhao Yushu and Lan Rong looked at each other, both with confusion in their eyes, not understanding why Yuan Er said these things.
"Yuan has a share in all the big and small businesses in the city, and the annual silver amount is about 25,000 taels." The third finger was raised.
"The business from Xiangcheng to Dongdu and Xiangzhou is a little worse, only about 7,000 to 8,000 taels. Oh, and the house of the Yuan family is worth tens of thousands of taels."
Yuan Eryi clapped his hands: "Anyway, the house and the shop must have at least 100,000 taels, and the annual income is about 60,000 taels. Lord Lan, Mr. Liu, that's not too little, right?"
Lan Rong nodded: "Not a small amount. I'm afraid Xiangcheng's annual taxes are not as much as your family's."
"As long as you two nod and release my brother, all these will be yours."
Lan Rong smiled: "If I hadn't seen that golden-armored monkey run away, I would have really been fooled by you and thought that the brothers of the Yuan family were all friends who would live and die together."
Yuan Er sighed, "Yuan Da doesn't dare to go back, so Lord Lan doesn't have to worry."
"What about you? You don't want to live as long as your brother is alive?"
"Hey, those were just some common things. I have collected a lot of good things in the past thirty years. As for where they are, only I know."
No one thinks silver is too little, but it is nothing to a great cultivator of the Seventh Heaven. However, Yuan Er's words about the good things made Lan Rong tempted. He did not have high demands and would be satisfied with just one Earth-grade item. After all, the Sixth Master of the Academy next to him was only worth two Earth-grade items.
Yuan Er had been dealing with people for decades, and he could detect Lan Rong's flickering eyes. Half of the deal was done, as long as Zhao Yushu was also interested...
Yuan Er looked at Zhao Yushu, and just one look made his heart chilled.
He somewhat regretted having been so smart as to call Zhao Yushu over as well.
Zhao Yushu kept looking at him coldly.
"Zhao Yushu, what do you say?" Lan Rong glanced at Zhao Yushu. Most of the Yuan family were killed by Zhao Yushu. It was reasonable that the decision-making power of this matter should be in his hands.
"Zhao really doesn't have much money."
When Zhao Yushu was at his richest, he only had a little over 10,000 taels.
"Before, when I was in Jiangning, a man talked to me about something similar. He wanted to buy his son's life. The price he offered was 250,000 taels per year."
Everyone present was a monk, and although no one knew this story, they all knew its ending.
Wang Shaolin was beheaded with a single knife.
"Boss Yuan, if you do something wrong, you have to admit it, right?"
Yuan Er smiled bitterly and nodded. He had indeed done something wrong. Even if he had not succeeded in cooperating with Zhao Yushu at that time, he should not have shown hostility in front of his brothers. Nearly thirty years of smooth sailing had made them inflated to the extreme, and they had completely forgotten that there are always people better than them.
"You want to kill me, I don't blame you. It's common for people to get stabbed. If you can't win, apologize. If the other party is in a good mood, maybe they will just drink a glass of wine and get over it."
Ape Two continued to nod. Mr. Six had a good reputation and was indeed not a person who killed people indiscriminately. If Ape Eight and Ape Nine went to cause trouble and he immediately went to apologize, there might be room for redemption.
But I also became inflated.
"But if you kill those innocent people, there will be nothing for us to talk about. Don't look at me like that. I know they are just mortals. I have said the same thing to Duke Yue, and I don't want to say it to you again. Lord Lan, I want to keep Yuan Er's life. Do you want to stop me?"
Lan Rong moved his lips, and finally sighed: "You are a private grudge, I can't interfere, Mr. Liu, please do as you please."
Yuan Er raised his head and said, "Lord Lan, my brother has never killed anyone. Please forgive me, Lord Lan."
Lan Rong snorted coldly: "You don't have to worry about that." After that, he stood up and left, leaving the huge city gate tower to Zhao Yushu.
Yuan Er's plan failed again. Zhao Yushu was a stubborn person. Even when huge benefits were placed in front of him, he didn't even look at them and didn't give himself the chance to delay time.
There is only one last chance left.
Yuan Er took a deep breath and hesitated whether to tell it. If he didn't, he would be dead, but more Yuan brothers might be born in Yuanshen Mountain in the future.
If I tell it, even if I can survive, there will be no Ape family anymore.
Between brotherhood and his own life, Ape Da chose his own life. So between the opportunity of becoming an adult in the future generations of the Ape family and his own chance of survival, what will Ape Er choose?
"Mr. Liu, do you know how we brothers became human?"