Chapter 124 123. I almost embarrassed myself in front of A Yin! (Monthly ticket requested!)
"Aren't your targets those foreign grain merchants?"

After a little thought, Liu Qingmei spoke in confusion.

She felt as if she understood something, but she couldn't figure out the connection.

Ning Mu smiled and said calmly, "At the beginning, I did want to cheat the foreign grain merchants, but He Daqian was asking for trouble, so I temporarily changed my strategy."

Liu Qingmei blinked. She knew that the plan that Ning Mu and Pi Taiyu discussed at the beginning was to bring in grain merchants from other places.

But she didn't quite understand the current situation.

The official market and the Jin family are the key to controlling food prices. In theory, once prices have started to fall, they will not rebound.

And once it rebounds, there is only one reason.

That is because the official market and the Jin family have insufficient reserves.

The reaction this brought was undoubtedly a huge storm!
Foreign grain merchants will definitely unite with local grain merchants, and grain prices will no longer be under any control and will soar.

Since this result was destined to be the case, why did Guanshi and the Jin family suddenly lower their prices, and then act as if they could not control the situation and were overwhelmed?

There must be something fishy about this.

Xiaomu also said that he wanted to bankrupt the Tan family and destroy He Daqian. How could this be achieved?
Liu Qingmei waited quietly for Ning Mu's next words.

"Prefect Pi took control of the local grain merchants and bought the grain from them at the normal market price, except for He Daqian, of course."

"He is the only victim of this disaster."

"What do you mean?" Liu Qingmei asked.

"This first step of price reduction is for those grain merchants from other places to see."

"After holding back for so long, most of them dare not delay any further. After all, no one knows whether the imperial court will send relief grain."

"If the imperial court takes measures or provides other relief, the food they have will only be enough to feed the fish in West Lake. There are too many variables, and most of them can't afford to take the risk!"

"At this time, I will send Zhang Lao, Jiang Fuling, Tong Shankuang, and the shopkeepers under Jin Xiangyu to buy some grain for our own use, but we will spread the word that we are buying up grain from foreign merchants on a large scale."

Ning Mu smiled faintly.

at this time.

I saw a flying horse coming quickly in the distance.

Liu Qingmei's eyes flickered, as if she understood, but also as if she didn't understand it all.

At this time.

But when her resentful look fell on Ning Mu.

Ning Mu began to explain again.

Don't even give her a chance to beg for mercy with her eyes!

"The current rebound in food prices and the rumors that have been spread are all for Ho Tai-chien to see."

"In addition, I have arranged a good show for him. The concubine of Governor Pi has always been He Daqian's spy in the Governor's Mansion. I told Governor Pi this news, and he actually knew it himself."

"So, Governor Pi used the concubine as a clue to tell He Daqian that Guanshi and the Jin family were running out of successors, which became the fuel that completely put him in this pot!"

"If my guess is correct, the person who brought the news should have said this."

Ning Mu raised his chin at the Pegasus galloping towards him.

The voice just fell.

Liu Qingmei and Ye Yin had not yet come to their senses.

At this time.

The flying horse stopped and a young man wearing the uniform of a disciple of Cangjian Villa jumped off the horse, trotted over and stood in front of Ning Mu.

"Madam, Miss, Young Master." Huang Yutang clasped his fists and greeted them one by one in order of seniority.

"Well, tell me the situation." Ning Mu waved his hand, signaling Huang Yutang to speak directly.

This person is Liu Qingmei’s confidant in Cangjian Villa!

Huang Yutang, the son of the Liu family's housekeeper in Liutang County.

Huang Yutang nodded and said, "Our people have seen that He Daqian has arranged more than a dozen shopkeepers. Some of them went to the docks, and some went to the inns. Without exception, they are all places where foreign grain merchants temporarily stay."

"It's done."

Ning Mu clapped his hands and smiled.

Liu Qingmei couldn't suppress her inner excitement and excitement, her beautiful eyes moved with a hint of resentment and joy, and her face was flushed.

But at this moment, everyone's attention was not on her.

If you pay a little attention.

You can see that her legs are trembling slightly, and the pair of pink fists hidden between her sleeves are clenched tightly.

The curvy body was even more tense.

Obviously.

He is trying hard to hide something!
Ye Yin was still a little confused.

He didn't seem to understand what was going on.

But before she could ask, the Hidden Sword disciple continued, "There is one more thing, Master."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

The Cang Jian disciple said, "I saw He Daqian come out of the Tan residence and then go to the underground bank Qian Wu. He came out about half an incense stick later. He looked very happy, so he must have borrowed some money from Qian Wu."

"In addition, Tan Ruyi also left the Tan residence and went to the pawn shop with his servants carrying two large boxes. When he came out, the boxes were gone. Then he also went to Yantian Bank."

Hearing this, Ning Mu couldn't help but pause.

He then shook his head slightly and said with a faint smile: "It seems that they are a bit desperate. I just wanted to bankrupt him, but I didn't expect that they would seek their own death. It's no wonder that I am killing them all."

Ning Mu narrowed his eyes and asked, "What's the situation with the governor?"

The Cang Jian disciple hurriedly reported back, "Five or six families have agreed to give up their food at the market price. It's enough to sustain us for half a month!"

"Only five or six?" Ning Mu frowned slightly.

"Go back and keep watching. Report any news you have."

"it is good!"

The Cangjian disciple nodded, apologized to Liu Qingmei and Ye Yin respectively, then got on his horse and went back to work.

"Is it not enough? Do you want to think of other ways?"

Seeing the worry in Ning Mu's brows, Liu Qingmei didn't care and immediately asked with a slightly blushing face.

"Also, He Daqian knew that you knew about his relationship with Yu Ji, and that you held his secrets, so why did he still fall for it?" Liu Qingmei's brows were filled with confusion.

Ning Mu smiled and shook his head, saying, "In fact, I am also gambling. Even though he knows that this may be a trap set against him, the huge benefits are in front of him. In addition, Yu Ji has not spread the news that she has been controlled by Governor Pi. People have a fluke mentality. Compared with the benefits, this risk is almost not within his consideration!"

"What's more, he also knows that the assassins he sent have been controlled by me. He and I have already torn our relationship apart, and I have you, the Grandmaster, behind me. He even has the sworn enemy, Governor Pi. At this time, he can only make himself stronger to get in touch with higher power or martial arts masters, so that Governor Pi and I dare not attack him. In order to make us afraid of him, he has no choice but to escape from Yonghang. There are only two ways before him."

"Either you run away with your family, or, as we are doing now, you develop the Tan family further and gain access to higher power."

"And he is a business that makes a lot of money without any investment. After all, the Tan family's business belongs to the Tan family. He is just a son-in-law. For him, dragging the Tan family into the water is far more cost-effective than running away!"

Ning Mu relaxed his brows and spoke out his analysis.

As for the grain in the hands of local grain merchants, it is not insufficient. The key is to prevent them from turning against us!
Just at this time.

A wisp of fragrant breeze blew over.

Liuli floated over and landed steadily in front of the three people.

"Friend Ning, is there not enough food? I have raised 500,000 kilograms of food for you. Can it solve your urgent need?"

Liuli had a proud look on her face, and there was a hint of complacency in her eyes as she looked at Ning Mu.

Ning Mu was startled and asked in surprise: "Where did Master get so much food?"

Liuli pursed her lips and said calmly, "You may not know this, my friend. Monks and nuns are not very good at business, but they are very good at farming. Every temple owns a considerable amount of land. In addition, with the donations from donors, almost every temple has accumulated a lot of food."

What this means is that these 500,000 kilograms of grain were borrowed from the temple.

Ning Mu was even more shocked. He stared at Liuli in horror and asked, "Even if there is plenty of food in the temple, are they willing to lend you 500,000,000 kilograms just because you open your mouth, Master?"

Liuli blinked and said calmly, "It's not a loan, it's a gift!"

"Master, they still gave me this little bit of face."

"My friend, just tell me if it's enough. If not, I'll go ask them for a few hundred thousand pounds."

It may seem like casual words, but if these words fell into the ears of the local monks in Yonghang, especially the Zen Master Huian of the first temple, Jikong Temple, they would probably go crazy!

The closed disciple of the dignified Zen Master Pu Luo, the beautiful nun who looked otherworldly and like a banished immortal, could actually behave so barbarically.

They used force to overturn the main halls of the two Jikong Temples, under the pretext of rebuilding the golden temple for the Buddha.

I won’t say that anymore.

They beat Zen Master Huian until he was black and blue, and finally let him go after he gave them 300,000 kilograms of grain.

Afterwards, Liuli repeated the same trick and went back and forth to other temples many times.

In this way, she managed to gather 500,000 kilograms of grain.

After all, he is a loyal believer of Bodhi Buddha and the last disciple of Zen Master Bodhi. If these bad deeds were to spread out, how would the Buddha and Zen Master Bodhi save their reputation, and how would the reputation of the entire Buddhism be placed!

"Enough, enough, enough. If it's really not enough, I'll come to you again." Ning Mu waved his hands hurriedly.

Although he didn't know how Liuli got so much food.

But it's probably not a good idea.

After all, these days, apart from resources for cultivation, food is the most precious thing.

Even if Master Liuli is a disciple of Zen Master Pu Luo, after all, she is only from Pu Luo Ciyu Temple, far away in Baisha City, with high mountains and long roads to get to here. How could she possibly ask the temple in Yonghang City to take what she wants, and 500,000 kilograms at that!

There must be some social skills involved.

"Okay then. I'll go urge them. See you tomorrow!"

Liuli glanced at Liu Qingmei beside her thoughtfully, with a strange look in her deep eyes, and then she stood up and flew away.

And after Liuli left completely.

Liu Qingmei was biting her teeth, enduring it with great difficulty.

suddenly.

Ye Yin clapped his hands suddenly and shouted in surprise, "I understand!"

"..."

Liu Qingmei and Ning Mu looked at her at the same time, their eyes full of speechlessness. This ability to realize things after the fact was too strong.

"I understand. In simple terms, what brother is doing is to first slash prices to disrupt the market, and then buy grain from foreign grain merchants at high prices. At the same time, Governor Pi and brother are watching from afar and confining local grain merchants. At this time, the government and Jinji will spread the news that they are unable to cope with the situation. Then He Daqian will definitely take action and take away all the grain from foreign grain merchants!"

"Next, relying on the grain from local grain merchants, government grain, and the grain just delivered by Ciyun Shenni, it will be enough to stabilize the market price, or even lower than before!"

"At this time, He Daqian bought grain from foreign grain merchants at a high price, and he has no way to survive!"

"With the price drop, he will lose everything. If he holds on, the grain can only be used to feed the fish. He has also borrowed money from loan sharks. Qian Wu's reputation is not to be trifled with. In this way, there is only one way waiting for the Tan family..."

At this point, Ye Yin couldn't help but frowned, looked at Ning Mu, and said: "Brother, am I right? If this is the case, then the Tan family... will be completely gone from now on!"

The destruction of a family was just a thought away for Ning Mu, which inevitably made Ye Yin feel terrified!
She couldn't help but recall that she had encouraged her eldest brother to cause trouble for her brother.

If he had the same understanding as me, I would probably be sold out and have to help him count the money!

If she hadn't heard the ending, she wouldn't have been able to understand this chain of schemes!
Ning Mu smiled and nodded.

At this time.

Liu Qingmei, who could no longer hold on, took a deep breath, then looked at Ye Yin, trying to keep her tone normal, but still holding her belly, she said with difficulty: "Ayin, you, uh~ go to the porridge distribution center over there and see if there is enough food, huh~ is it enough!"

"Oh."

Ye Yin pouted and nodded, still immersed in the brilliance and terror of her adopted brother's plan, and did not notice that her mother's expression was extremely abnormal!
She agreed subconsciously and walked towards the soup kitchen.

And wait until Ye Yin left for a while.

at last.

Liu Qingmei couldn't hold on any longer, her knees softened, and she fell directly into Ning Mu's arms.

"Hmm~Is she, is she far away?"

Liu Qingmei's eyes were confused. The dazzling sunlight made it almost impossible for her to open her eyes that were full of rippling water.

A layer of charming blush has covered the fair and delicate skin.

Feeling the warmth in his arms and the sweet breath, Ning Mu couldn't help but feel his heart beating unbearably.

With one hand supporting the girl's warm body and the other supporting her slender waist, Ning Mu smiled softly and said, "Let's go, don't worry!"

“Oh~ woooo~~”

Almost at the moment Ning Mu finished speaking.

Liu Qingmei closed her eyes with a look of comfort, and two lines of tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes.

Even with eyes closed, one could still see a rich, leisurely spring breeze on her pretty face, which was flushed with red.

It was as if a breath of foul air that had been hidden for a long time was slowly exhaled from her rosy lips.

It seems to be the sound of gurgling water, full of mist.

After a long time.

Finally.

She recovered a little.

Open your eyes.

"ah!"

Seeing Ning Mu staring at her with a strange smile on his face, Liu Qingmei was startled for a moment, her heart beginning to pound. She immediately stood up and jumped out of his arms.

After letting out a shy cry, Liu Qingmei's face turned red as blood, shame and timidity danced in her beautiful peach blossom eyes, and she glanced away panickily.

"What are you looking at!"

"Humph, you're too much, you almost made me lose face in front of A Yin..."

Liu Qingmei had a face full of resentment and was extremely angry.

That bright and pretty face is so cute and blushing.

The master of martial arts and the wife of the owner of Cangjian Villa actually behaved like a little girl at this moment.

If the people from Cangjian Villa, or Ye Bufan saw this, they would surely be astounded.

Could it be that some evil spirit is possessing me?

And just when Liu Qingmei was feeling embarrassed and angry.

suddenly.

In the distance, three fast horses were seen galloping towards us.

Not long after.

Then he was brought here by Ye Yin.

"Mother, it's a messenger sent by the elders of the clan."

Upon hearing this, Liu Qingmei immediately restrained her expression, glanced at Ning Mu, warned him to be aware of the occasion, and then waved to the three messengers.

"Madam, these three letters were sent to us by the elders and the young master."

One of the messengers collected the three letters together and handed them to Liu Qingmei.

"Well, let's go rest."

Liu Qingmei waved her hand, signaling Ye Yin to take them downstairs to rest and drink a bowl of porridge to replenish their energy.

Subsequently.

She opened the letter.

After reading the first letter, her expression obviously turned ugly.

He quickly opened the second letter.

Then came the third one.

After reading the three letters, her face was as gloomy as water!

"Xiao Mu, I'm afraid I have to go back!"

After reading the letter, Liu Qingmei looked towards the direction of Jinshui Town, with cold murderous intent and desolation flowing in her eyes.

Ning Mu was shocked when he heard this.

What is written in these three letters?
Why did Liu Qingmei's expression change so drastically after reading it?
Almost subconsciously, he hurriedly asked: "Why, Ye Bufan... the owner of the manor woke up?"

Liu Qingmei shook her head and handed the letter directly to him.

Ning Mu took it and scanned it one by one. After reading it, he was also shocked.

In the first letter, Li Qingxiao from the Demon Sealing Sword Sect came again. This time, he was accompanied by Grandmaster Liang Zhengang from the Lieyang Sect. The two sides joined forces to defeat Ye Qingxian and take back the Demon Sealing Sword Manual.

Ye Qingxian was seriously injured and in a coma, so he asked Liu Qingmei to bring Ye Yin back quickly.

Second letter.

Zheng Xiongjiang, the commander of the imperial army, and his junior officers sealed up the Longyun spiritual field belonging to the Cangjian Villa, confiscated all the spiritual objects in the field, and ordered the Ye family to replenish all the spiritual objects and materials that exceeded their quota over the years within three months, otherwise they would be destroyed with thunder and lightning.

Let Yun Liu Qingmei return quickly to discuss the follow-up matters, and notify the Liu family, asking her father Liu Yutu to come out and help, and mediate.

The third letter, however, was not sent by the clan elders.

But it was Ye Yutan.

The letter said that the clan elders asked Liu Qingmei to go back not to discuss the threats from the Zhenwu Division and the Demon Sealing Sword Sect, but because Li Qingxiao's disciple Li Yuzhao had taken a fancy to Ye Yin and forced her to marry him. Frightened by the threats from the Lieyang Sect and the Demon Sealing Sword Sect, the clan elders had no choice but to agree and deceive them into going back just to hold the wedding.

The elders of the clan were forced to believe that if this marriage could take place, they would become relatives with the Lieyang Sect and the Fengmo Sword Sect, and could resolve the threats posed by these two families.

After all, behind the Lieyang Sect, there is a real person named Liang Zhenwu!

After reading these three letters, Ning Mu frowned.

Let Ye Yin and Li Yuzhao get married.

Taking all the new and old grudges into account, let alone Liu Qingmei, even Ye Yin himself would not agree!

As for the rest, Ning Mu was indifferent.

The Longyun Lingtian belongs to the Ye family and has nothing to do with him.

"Going back won't help. Since the elders have already made their decision, I'm afraid this matter can't be resolved by you going back!"

Ning Mu said worriedly.

Liu Qing frowned slightly and sighed: "We have to think of a way. We can't just do nothing. I can't just watch A Yin being sold out like this!"

while speaking.

Liu Qingmei looked at Ye Yin who was walking towards her, hiding the helplessness and worry on her face and replacing it with a smile.

"Mom, what's the matter with the letter from home?" Ye Yin asked curiously.

"It's okay." Liu Qingmei smiled slightly, reached out and gently stroked Ye Yin's face, and smiled: "Mom has to go back for something, at least three days, at most five days, you stay in Yonghang these days, if you have anything, go to my brother or the second aunt, understand?"

"Oh." Ye Yin nodded and agreed.

Obviously, there was some unhappiness in his eyes.

Mother never tells me anything now, but tells my brother instead, huh.

The three returned to the city.

Liu Qingmei cannot return to Jinshui Town empty-handed. She has to make some preparations. If she wants to convince the elders, she must put some decent benefits in front of them.

[Hint: Congratulations to the host for completing Mission 800. You will be rewarded with 80 practice points, companion points, and a slight increase in Ye Yin's favorability towards Ning Mu! ]

[Hint: Since the host has completed the task perfectly, the lucky reward is triggered, black silk palm hole underwear*1, open-collared cloud pattern transparent stockings*1! ]

[Reminder: Congratulations to the host, the owner of subsystem number one, Liu Qingmei, has completed mission three, and is giving back to the host a mission reward of 200 cultivation points, 5% loyalty value for Liu Qingmei, and an additional reward, Ye Yin's favorability has doubled! ]

"..."

On the way back, none of the three spoke.

Seeing his mother and brother suddenly become so silent, Ye Yin couldn't help but look at them curiously.

Liu Qingmei went straight back to the Ye Mansion.

Ning Mu went to Yingyue Terrace in Yichun Courtyard, where he waited for news from Huang Yutang, Jiang Fuling and others.

Took a bath in the hot spring pool.

Ning Mu sat in the pavilion, stroking his chin, and sent another task to Liu Qingmei.

[Are you sure you want to issue the following task to the No.1 subsystem? ]

"release!"

(End of this chapter)