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Pang Xi shook his head slightly: "We've already sensed it, Wang Zhanggui has sent Xiao Yunqiu and his family to the warehouse. There are many goods and cellars there, I'm afraid it's not easy to find a few people."
Chen Yuan let out a sigh of relief and looked at Wang Lun with gratitude: "Wang, big brother, things are not as we thought. We might not be able to wait for the financing to go through. How much money have we saved up so far?"
"Wang Lun said with a smile: 'One hundred and thirty thousand taels.'"
Chen Yuan was shocked: "Didn't it just have 800,000 two days ago?"
Wang Lun said: "It's like this, this morning we received another 30,000 yuan, all from that Ye Yulü Hanba."
As soon as he said this, everyone's face suddenly became strange. Chen Yuan knew that there must be something they hadn't said yet, and immediately urged: "Is there anything else? You guys hurry up and say it! Ye Lu Bi will be back soon, we don't have much time left!"
On the side, Hu Jing spoke up and said: "The princess saw that she was borrowing money everywhere, thinking that she didn't have enough money, so she also sent over 20,000 guan. Humph, it seems that they've given away her dowry!"
This really caught Chen Yuan off guard, he had only intended to deceive her, but Ye Lü was truly too infatuated. This really put Chen Yuan in a difficult position. What to do with these 20,000 taels? Returning them wouldn't be right, and keeping them would leave him with a guilty conscience.
He glared at Hu Jing fiercely: "What's the point of still caring about these things now? Has Xiao Yuanfeng been here?"
Pang Xi nodded: "Yeah, he came early this morning. I asked him what was going on but he didn't say anything, just told me to pass on the message that he'll come visit again tomorrow."
Chen Yuan thought to himself, "Tomorrow he still won't be able to find me. I'll wait until tomorrow night and then go look for him."
Time was really too tight, there were too many things to think about and do, Chen Yuan hadn't even had a chance to share his daily situation with everyone, when the gatehouse suddenly shouted: "You can't go in!"
Everyone heard this and knew that someone was going to force their way in. Pang Xi suddenly became furious: "What, does anyone dare to break into the house I'm watching?"
Chen Yuan shook his head: "Let's just say that for now, Ye Lü will be by our side, and it won't be convenient to talk. If we have anything to discuss in the future, we can let Hu Jing relay it."
The words had barely fallen when a loud and clear voice was heard from outside shouting: "What? Is this the way Chen treats his guests?"
As soon as the voice came out, Chen Yuan immediately recognized that it was Li Yuankui who had arrived! He secretly thought to himself: "This is terrible, someone has come knocking on the door!" He immediately wanted to slip away and hide, saying to Pang Xi: "Manager Pang, take a look!"
Pang Xi took a step forward: "Forcing your way into my mansion? Does the king think he's above everyone?"
He didn't waste his words and threw a punch over.
Chen Yuan had secretly run into the room and opened a crack in the door, peeking out at the situation from inside.
Pang Xi wore an iron shirt, and swords and guns couldn't penetrate it. Except for not having crossed hands with Zhan Zhao, Chen Yuan hadn't seen him at a disadvantage yet. But after fighting for a while, Pang Xi was surprisingly forced to retreat repeatedly by Li Yuanhao, apparently unable to hold on!
He took a step back, getting closer to Chen Yuan's door, making Chen Yuan's heart anxious. Looking at Ah Mu and others still standing on one side, he secretly scolded: "These bastards, it's not like we're fighting on the streets, why don't they just go up together and fight?"
Actually, if it were someone else fighting, Amu and the others would have gone to help a long time ago. But Pang Xi is who? The highest master among these people. At first, they all thought that Pang Xi wouldn't be at a disadvantage, but when Pang Xi fell into a disadvantageous position, they all hesitated to go and help him, wondering if helping Pang Xi would make them look bad. At this time, Pang Xi actually had the same idea as Chen Yuan!
At this time, what's the point of caring about reputation! However, Pang Xi didn't even have a chance to speak, and while physically coping with Li Yuanhao's offensive, he was still hit by Li Yuanhao, who kicked him in the chest.
Pang Xi stumbled backward several steps, bursting open the door of Chen Yuan's hiding room and falling to the ground. When he got up again, a mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out from his mouth.
Chen Yuan only then knew that Iron Shirt could also be beaten until vomiting blood! After the door was kicked open, Pang Xi was injured and got up again, but his face had already turned pale.
Li Yuanhao adjusted his clothes, the previous fight had indeed exhausted him. He knew that the remaining people were all skilled fighters, if they really worked together, he might not be able to gain the upper hand.
Looking at Chen Yuan, he smiled slightly: "Brother Chen doesn't want to see me? I just have some words to say."
Chen Yuan's eyes shifted slightly as he replied, "Li Da Wang, it seems like there's nothing more for us to discuss?"
Li Yuanhao nodded: "Not before, but today I do."
This made Chen Yuan even more certain that he had come for the princess's sake. Let's talk, at least talking is just a matter of moving one's mouth, and he wasn't afraid of him: "Your Majesty, please speak."
Li Yuanhao looked around and saw that Amu Dai, Zhang Hai, and Li Tieqiang were also slowly gathering around. He smiled slightly: "There are too many people here, it's not convenient to talk, Brother Chen, shall we go inside and discuss in detail?"
Hu Jing gently pulled Chen Yuan and shook her head, indicating that Chen Yuan should not respond.
Chen Yuan naturally wouldn't agree to go into the house with Li Yuanhao alone at this time: "Your Majesty, if you have something to say, just say it here. These few are all my brothers, there's nothing that can't be let them know."
Li Yuanhao nodded: "Alright, I'll be straightforward too. Brother Chen, today you and the princess were alone in the teahouse, which made things very difficult for me. Did you ever think that she is going to be my future queen?"
Chen Yuan coughed: "I need to explain this matter to the king. There may be some misunderstandings between me and the princess, which I don't want to explain because even if I do, no one will believe it. If the king has any dissatisfaction, please vent it on me, don't make things difficult for the princess."
Li Yuanhao looked into Chen Yuan's eyes: "Brother Chen is indeed a straightforward person, so be it. I have a way to resolve the matter between us, let's see if Brother Chen has any sincerity."
Chen Yuan stretched out his hand towards the front and said: "Please speak."
Li Yuanhao took two steady steps forward: "I'd like to invite Brother Chen to join me in going to the Party to discuss important matters, what do you think, Brother Chen?"
This was a bit too direct, so direct that Chen Yuan couldn't accept it: "Thank you for the king's appreciation, but since today's son treated me with kindness and favored me among the humble, as the saying goes 'a scholar would die for one who knows him', I can only thank the king for his good intentions."
Li Yuanhao nodded: "Brother Chen, this is another way for me to regain face, and it's the only way we can resolve things without resorting to violence. Refuse it if you want. I know you're a talented person who values your worth, so think about it again. Zhang Yuan and Wu Huan have already obtained everything they wanted in our party: status, beauties, wealth... they have it all. I guarantee that what I offer is absolutely more than what I gave them."
Chen Yuan smiled: "Thank you, Your Majesty. There are two kinds of people in this world, one is greedy and the other is not. Those two guys are obviously not greedy, while I am absolutely greedy."
Li Yuanhao didn't say anything else, turned around and left the carefully arranged mansion of Chen Yuan. As he watched his back disappear at the door, Pang Xi approached Chen Yuan, wiping away the blood from her mouth: "What does this mean?"
Chen Yuan smiled slightly: "The final ultimatum, from tomorrow on, we will be his enemies."
Being Li Yuanhao's enemy is definitely not an easy task, Chen Yuan originally wanted to get rid of Yelü Renshi first and then focus on dealing with Li Yuanhao. But now he and Yelü Renshi are apparently going to join forces, can he withstand it?
Li Yuanhao is a very confident person, and his confidence comes from his strength. He can single-handedly force Song Qi to retreat with no way out, now it's his turn. Even the iron shirt can't withstand Li Yuanhao's attack, can he?
Chen Yuan didn't know, really didn't know. But now there's no way back, even if the enemy is stronger, he must bravely charge forward and fight to the death.
Wang Lun asked beside him: "Brother Chen, what should we do now?"
The events of the first day had all developed beyond Chen Yuan's expectations, and he felt a little fear in his heart, losing some confidence that he could ultimately achieve the desired outcome: "Boss Wang, Ma Shang will bring someone over soon. Is there any merchant group about to set off back to the Song Dynasty? Send him back with them. It would be best if they left tonight."
Wang Lun thought for a moment: "There is a merchant group. Let's have Wang Hai go and talk to them, it should be fine."
Chen Yuan said: "Good, this is good, that person is very important."
He said here and looked at Hu Jing again: "Also go back, be responsible for protecting his safety on the way, remember, even if you die, you must let him live! He is the person that Lord Bao wants."
"What's going on? Why are you making me leave?"
Chen Yuan patted her shoulder: "Help me out, this matter is much worse than I thought. Do you believe me now?"
Hu Jing's eyes turned red, first shaking her head, then nodding, and finally bursting into tears, sobbing as she said: "I'm staying with him! I won't go back!"
Chen Yuan wiped away the tears streaming from her eyes, disregarding the crowd around them, and gently wrapped his arms around her: "It's not that I want you to leave, it's just that I really don't have a grasp on this. What if we can't do this well? Neither Liao nor Song will be able to accommodate us! I must find an escape route for myself, can you help me?"
Hu Jing choked and couldn't speak. As for Li Yuanhao's martial arts, he had already seen them before, and killing Chen Yu was simply easy.
Chen Yuan said: "Listen carefully, you have to do two things. First, take the person who is about to arrive and bring him back safely. Remember, he absolutely cannot come to any harm! But if something happens, don't let him fall into the hands of the Liao soldiers, got it?"
Hu Jing can now only nod.
"Secondly, it's about the money. We've managed to get over a million yuan in the past few days, and the annual tribute from the Song Dynasty to Liao State is only around two million. This money we must take away ahead of time, if we succeed, the entire economy of Yanjing will face serious problems. If we fail, this money is even more important, it's the brothers' future livelihood! We must bring it back."
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