Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 133 Undercurrent
Yao Lin, Chen Mansion.

"Master, Chen Acai is here."

While looking at the fine white porcelain flasks on the shelf, Chen Cuihe heard the butler's voice and said, "Let him come in and take him to the study to wait for me."

Chen Ah Cai was led by Chen Zhong all the way to the study room in the mansion. During the process, Chen Ah Cai was still smiling and asked Chen Zhong kindly: "Dazhong, are you in a good mood these days, my lord?"

"Fortunately."

"Really or not? Don't try to trick me, or I will tell you later that I was beaten by the master, and I will look for you when I get out."

It was obviously Chen Ahcai who had been punished by Chen Cuihe several times for doing stupid things, but now he was blamed for the fact that he would be beaten by Chen Cuihe.

Chen Zhong was also speechless. He glanced at Chen Acai and said, "The Lord failed to participate in the Spring Palace election two days ago."

Of course, most people would cry and make a fuss if they didn't win the lottery, but Chen Cuihe didn't.

Upon hearing this, Chen Acai rolled his eyes and already had a plan in mind. He came today to tell Chen Cuihe the news.

"Are you trying to say that my grades were originally within the first-A class, but was later removed by His Majesty himself?"

At this moment, Chen Acai peeked at Chen Cuihe's expressionless face in the study room. He immediately knelt on the ground and did not dare to breathe.

It was clearly agreed that the aristocratic family would be recruited by His Majesty himself, but who knew that his master would personally take the exam?

But when Chen Ah Cai thought about the news he got from the Minister of Civil Affairs, Chen Ah Cai now wanted to die.

How did he find that he knew more and more?

The key point is that even though he knows so much, he still doesn't seem to be welcomed by the family master.

If he is useless from now on, won't he be silenced immediately?
Thinking about it, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Chen Ahcai's head, and he didn't even hear what Chen Cuihe said to him.

It wasn't until Chen Ahcai came back to his senses that the whole room was quiet at this moment, and a pin drop could be heard. Chen Ahcai could only hear the crazy beating sound in his own throat.

He knew that he had been stupid again just now.

"Lord, Lord?"

Chen Acai swallowed his saliva and couldn't help but raise his head. He happened to meet Chen Cuihe's frightening eyes. He was so frightened that his body softened and he immediately fell to the ground.

"When you went to see the Minister of Civil Affairs, did your clan uncle know?"

"Ah, I know. Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Minister knows about this. He went to see the Minister of Civil Affairs privately and asked about the situation.

It’s just that they didn’t say anything~”

"Oh? You didn't tell my uncle, but you told me?"

Chen Cuihe looked at Chen Acai, and felt a slight change in his mind about this man's abilities.

Chen Acai also climbed up the pole and said with a smile: "Master, how can I have any ability? I am willing to tell you because of your face~"

As he spoke, Chen Acai curled his lips in disdain and said: "In this Yao Lin capital, money is spent everywhere, and it is too difficult for people like the Minister of Civil Affairs and the poor family to survive in this Yao Lin.

The Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is not an easy man, but with his position here, there are many people watching him. He has a thief's heart but not the courage, and there is no one who has the ability to give him money and avoid being raped by the Imperial City Secretary. The kind that people discover~"

After saying that, Chen Acai looked proud again and told Chen Cuihe how he used Chen Cuihe's uncle to find the other party, smuggled money to the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and was in the Imperial City Department and his uncle's noses. Below is the process of getting on the line with the Minister of Civil Affairs.

Chen Cuihe's mouth twitched slightly when he heard that his clan uncle was looking for someone to inquire but was stingy and refused to spend any money.

He thought that the Minister of Civil Affairs was too noble and difficult to deal with, but it turned out to be for these reasons.

"I finally persuaded the adults to give me a few taels of silver, bought some better cakes, and asked the boy to wrap them in two more layers of oiled paper. Then I secretly took some of the gold leaves and some of the gold leaves you had given me earlier. Some of the banknotes you asked me to take care of outside, come and go..."

"You will go down to Chen Zhong later and get five hundred taels of silver. One hundred taels of it will be rewarded to you. The rest should be given to the Minister of Civil Affairs when you have an opportunity." "Yes!"

Chen Ah Cai was extremely happy when he heard that he also had a silver reward.

Afterwards, Chen Cuihe said a few more words and asked him to leave. After he left, guard Chen Yi came in and saw Chen Cuihe holding a book but not turning a page.

"Chen Yi."

"Lord."

"Tell me - why are outsiders sometimes better than blood relatives?"

Listening to Chen Cuihe's meaningless words, Chen Yi remembered that he had just passed by Chen Ahcai who had just come in and left. He thought of what Chen Ahcai had been doing recently and said, "Those who are connected by blood can be divided into close ones and those who are close."

After he finished speaking, Chen Cuihe laughed softly and asked, "Is there anything going on in the Wei family recently?"

"Back to my lord, the Wei family has been targeted by people from the Imperial City Department recently."

"Really? How did you provoke those plague gods?"

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Unable to leave this mountain col for the time being, Mei Qian asked Chang An to take her to meet Chang Ping.

Changping knew that Changan had brought back a young lady from this trip, but he didn't take it to heart. He just thought that Changan had brought back an ordinary person, but now this person was coming to see him, and it seemed that his identity was somewhat special. .

"I wonder what I call this little lady?"

"My surname is Mei." Mei Qian said this with such an imposing manner that Chang Ping did not dare to look down upon her.

Chang Ping secretly moved his gaze to Chang An's face again, intending to find out something from Chang An, but Chang An didn't give him any effective hints.

One thing is certain, the other party does seem to have something to rely on.

Mei Qian pretended to be 13 while observing the slight change in the expression on Chang Ping's face. Of course, she also noticed the questioning look in his eyes towards Chang An.

But soon, she determined that the other party didn't get any useful information from Chang'an, but it was better this way. She had already aroused the other party's curiosity and attention towards her.

Mei Qian couldn't help but thank her milk again.

When she went to a pawn shop with her to sell jewelry, Mei Qian specifically asked her why she could pretend so well after coming out.

Mrs. Mei said: "When you go out, your identity is given by yourself. As long as you believe in who you are, you are what you are, and others will also think you are what you are."

Therefore, unlike Chang'an who believed in Mei Qian's words because of what she saw with her own eyes, Mei Qian decided to imitate her appearance in the face of Chang Ping, whom she had never interacted with.

When you go out, you still have to give yourself some identity.

"I wonder what Miss Mei wants to do with you?"

Changping wasn't sure what Mei Qian wanted to do with him, so Mei Qian asked: "Chief Changping, do you have any geographical maps of this area?"

"I wonder what you want this map to do?"

Chang Ping was very surprised as to why a little girl wanted to see such a secret thing as a map, and he even had some doubts about Mei Qian's origin and identity.

Isn't this some kind of spy?

As a result, Chang Ping even suspected Chang An, who came back alone...

Mei Qian has not opened her inner eye, so some parts of the plot need to be supplemented by the perspective of some supporting characters.

For now, there is very little overlap between Chen Cuihe's story line and the heroine's main plot, but Chen Cuihe's family perspective is actually quite interesting.

Because some of the things he pays attention to, or some of the things he does, actually affect the development of the protagonist's main line to a greater or lesser extent.